Belmont Land Company

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The Belmont Land Company was a late 19th company that purchases the 551-acre Belle Mont Estate and developed it into what is now known as the Belmont-Carlton neighborhood. [1]

In 1891, its two vice-presidents were Barrett Bolling and Micajah Woods. They surveyed the area and developed a large subdivision which established the grid-system that makes up southeast Charlottesville. [1] [2]

The company was formed in 1890 in Charlottesville, encouraged by the establishment of the Charlottesville and University Street Railway in 1887. [3]


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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Web. Belmont - A History of a Neighborhood, James H. Buck Jr., Paper for James Kinard's Local History course, May 1980, retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. Web. 104-5082 North Belmont Neighborhood Historic District, Website, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, December 14, 2017, retrieved March 17, 2021.
  3. Web. Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse District, Kate Kuranda and Karen Lang-Kummer, Nomination Form, retrieved May 30, 2021.