Bellemonte

Bellemonte

Bellemonte

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

This article is about the house in North Carolina. For the silk mill in Pennsylvania, see Bellemonte Silk Mill. For a similar name, see Bellemont.

Bellemonte, also known as Dr. John F. Bellamy House, is a historic plantation house located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. The main block dates to 1817, and is a two-story, five-bay, late Georgian / Federal-style frame dwelling.

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The façade features a two-tier, Chippendale-inspired portico. The house has a two-story rear ell, built about 1820, that was attached to Bellemonte between 1840 and 1860. Also on the property is a contributing dependency.[2]

Bellemonte was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It now houses the Marketing Dept as well as offers events by North Carolina Wesleyan College.

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Richard Mattson and Chris Wilson (n.d.). "Bellemonte" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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