Belmead

Powhatan County, US

Belmead (also known as Belmead Plantation, or Belmead-on-the-James) is a historic plantation located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke — and constructed about 1845. It later became the site of two Black Catholic school

s, St. Emma Military Academy and St. Francis de Sales, including the only military academy for African-American males.

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Nearby

Elmington monumenti · 5 km away
Elmington beni_culturali · 5 km away
Powhatan State Park monumenti · 7 km away
Emmanuel Episcopal Church chiese · 7 km away
Mosby Tavern monumenti · 8 km away
Virginia Correctional Center for Women prison · 10 km away
Byrd Presbyterian Church chiese · 11 km away
Byrd Presbyterian Church beni_culturali · 11 km away