Pilgrim's Rest

Pilgrim's Rest is a farm south of Nokesville, Virginia, whose main building is a two-and-one-half-story frame house probably built around 1790 by Henry Dade Hooe, near the time of his marriage to Jane Fitzhugh. The property lies along Cedar Run and straddles the Prince William-Fauquier County line. The house follows a Tidewater design uncommon in Northern Virginia, with wide flush siding, a side-passage double-pile plan, a concealed winding stair and a pair of exterior brick chimneys joined by a rare two-story pent closet. Paneled wainscoting, crown moldings and shouldered mantels survive, though some elements were replaced during a 1956 restoration that also added a one-story wing. The estate has also been known as Bellemont Grove and Mount Wesley. Contributing outbuildings include a granary/barn, tool shed and ice house. The district was listed for its architecture and its place among surviving late-eighteenth-century plantation houses in the area.