Belvoir (plantation)

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Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the labor of slaves, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. The main house, called Belvoir Manor or Belvoir Mansion, burned in 1783 and was destroyed during the War of 1812. The site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973 as "Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave."

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