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Belmont: An Artist’s Retreat LbNA #37827 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:N/A
Plant date:Feb 8, 2008
Location:
City:Fredericksburg
County:Stafford
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Planted by:Gari and Corinne Contact Inactive
Found by: twosugars
Last found:May 27, 2013
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFm
Last edited:Feb 8, 2008
Belmont: An Artist’s Retreat
Explore the estate that inspired a famous American artist

224 Washington Street, Falmouth, VA 22405

Exit I-95 at Falmouth-Warrenton Exit 133A. Follow U.S. Route 17 (toward Falmouth) 1.25 miles to Washington Street (just before flashing light) and turn right into Belmont.

Visit www.GariMelchers.org for additional driving directions.

Grounds are open 10-5 every day except Wednesdays, January 1, Thanksgiving Day and December 24 and 25.

Please check in at the Visitor Center prior to your search.

Find the eagle who greets all who visit. Follow the pathway past the historic house, stone studio, and Pavilion.

Next proceed to the octagonal Summer House.

A garden gate beckons you to the ridge overlooking the falls of the Rappahannock River.

Walk through the gate where a Colonial Dame will greet you.

Look to your left around the stone wall to find what you are seeking.

This box is maintained by Gari Melchers Home and Studio’s Education Department.