- Gari Melchers Home
Infobox_nrhp | name =Belmont
nrhp_type = nhld
caption =
location= 226 Washington Street,Falmouth, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1916
architect= Dixon,John
architecture= No Style Listed
designated=December 21 ,1965 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=645&ResourceType=District
title=Gari Melchers Home |accessdate=2008-04-16|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =October 15 ,1966 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000848Gari Melchers Home, also known as Belmont, was the home and studio of American artist
Gari Melchers (1860-1932) inFalmouth, Virginia . It is now a historic house museum administered byUniversity of Mary Washington .It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1965.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000848.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Belmont / Gari Melchers Home (Belmont)] |32 KB|date=February 10, 1975 |author=Stephen Lissandrello |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000848.pdf "Accompanying one photo, exterior, c. 1960"] |32 KB] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Stafford/089-0022_Belmont_1966_Final_Nomination_NRHP.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Gari Melchers Home / Belmont] |32 KB|date=June 30, 1972 |last=Melvin |first=Frank S. |publisher=National Park Service]It is located at 226 Washington Street in Falmouth, off Route 1 in Stafford County, near
Fredericksburg, Virginia .References
External links
* [http://www.umw.edu/gari_melchers/ Gari Melchers Home and Studio, at University of Mary Washington]
* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Stafford/Belmont_photo.htm Belmont, Stafford County, one photo at Virginia DHR]
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