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Belmead mansion sale prompts historic site concerns in Virginia
The Belmead on the James property in Powhatan County faces sale by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, risking the 1845 Gothic Revival mansion and 2200 acres tied to St Emma Military Academy and St Francis de Sales High School. The museum opened recently, chronicling Native American roots, enslavement, education, and environmental stewardship. Francis Emma Inc. raised nearly $5 million but dissolved as the sale looms.
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Powhatan, Va
Belmead
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Earth
Powhatan County
Maureen Carroll
Philip St. George Cocke
St Emma Military Academy
St. Francis de Sales High School
St. Katharine Drexel
Louise Drexe Morrell
Edward Morrell
Drexel
James
Alexander Jackson Davis
National Trust For Historic Preservation
The
Trust
Rob Nieweg
Francis Emma Inc
Virginia
America
Patricia Gunn
St. Francis de Sales
Francis Emma Board
Francis Emma
Timothy M. Kaine
Belmead Historic Cemetery
Powhatan
James River
Gunn
Ohio University