Belmont

BELMONT

BELMONT WAS PATENTED EARLY IN THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY THOMAS LEE,
OF STRATFORD. ABOUT 1800, LUDWELL
LEE, AN OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY
ARMY, BUILD THE HOUSE AND HE LIVED
HERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1836. HERE HE
ENTERTAINED LAFAYETTE IN 1825. IN
1931, BELMONT BECAME THE HOME OF
PATRICK J. HURLEY, SECRETARY OF WAR,
1929-1933.