Belvidere (Belmont, New York)

	Belvidere
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	HABS Photo of Belvidere, May 1967
Nearest city	Belmont, New York
Coordinates	42°15′54.2″N 78°02′57.5″W / 42.265056°N 78.049306°W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1804
Architect	Latrobe, Benjamin
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	72000822
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972

Belvidere, also known as Villa Belvidere, is a historic home located in Angelica, near Belmont, Allegany County, New York. Built in 1804 from plans attributed to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, it is an outstanding example of Federal architecture. The mansion was constructed for early settler John Barker Church, former English Member of Parliament and brother-in-law of Alexander Hamilton through his wife Angelica Schuyler Church.

Description

Belvidere is a large stone-and-brick mansion with a 2+1⁄2-story central block over a partial basement, a 2-story-over-basement east wing, and 1+1⁄2-story service wing. The house contains 30 rooms and 13 fireplaces. Also on the five-acre site are a nine-sided barn and hexagonal tea house, which was built in 1806.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Robert Bromeley and Mrs. Patrick W. Harrington (August 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belvidere". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Unfiled NHL Nomination Form for Villa Belvidere". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. and "Accompanying five photos". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
^ Ron Taylor, Welcome to “Villa Belvidere” and the Belvidere Farms Archived August 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Villa Belvidere - Album of Clark Family, owners, 1910–1947
Villa Belvidere at flickr
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-6011, "Belvidere, South of intersection Camp Road & Gibson Hill Road, Belvidere vicinity, Allegany County, NY", 15 photos, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. NY-6011-A, "Belvidere, Barn", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. NY-6011-B, "Belvidere, Gazebo", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
Belvidere - Belmont, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Robert Bromeley and Mrs. Patrick W. Harrington (August 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belvidere". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Unfiled NHL Nomination Form for Villa Belvidere". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. and "Accompanying five photos". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-29.

[3] Ron Taylor, Welcome to “Villa Belvidere” and the Belvidere Farms Archived August 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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