Pilgrim's Rest (Boundary Increase)
Also known as: Belle Mont Grove; Mount Wesley; 76-19
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Why it's listed
Pilgrim's Rest is a 135-acre farm south of Nokesville, Virginia, lying across the Prince William and Fauquier county line beside Cedar Run. Its main building is a two-and-one-half-story frame farmhouse, probably built by Henry Dade Hooe around the time of his 1790 marriage to Jane Fitzhugh. The design is more typical of Tidewater Virginia than the northern part of the state, with wide flush siding, a side-passage double-pile plan, a concealed stair, and a pair of unusual exterior brick chimneys joined by a two-story pent closet. Interior wainscoting and shouldered mantels survive in part, though the house was restored in 1956. The listing was expanded to cover additional farmland and the Kinsley Granary, an eighteenth-century sandstone building that once stood beside a mill near Buckland. It was dismantled and rebuilt on the property in 1997-98 as a guesthouse. Both the house and the granary are valued as rare surviving examples of their types in Prince William County.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is one of the best-preserved late-eighteenth-century plantation houses in western Prince William County. Its Tidewater-style design, with flush siding, twin exterior brick chimneys, a side-hall plan and fine interior woodwork, is unusual for Northern Virginia. The relocated Kinsley Granary is one of the few surviving eighteenth-century granaries in the county.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 03001434, listed January 16, 2004. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 2101 Belmont Grove Rd., Nokesville |
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| County | Prince William County |
| Listed | January 16, 2004 |
| Reference number | 03001434 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1790-1810, 1790-1794, 1880-1930 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Colonial/Postmedieval English, Southern Colonial |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house was restored in 1956 and is still used as a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings. The Kinsley Granary was rebuilt on the property in 1997-98 as a guesthouse. |
| Acreage | 135 |
| Coordinates | 38.65194, -77.59063 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 03001434.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q15266347
- This listing as JSON
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