Belle Grove was opened as a house museum in 1967 and has been open to the public, as well as remaining a working farm, ever since.

He also designed the neighboring Belle Grove, now destroyed.

Emmanuel Church and its historic graveyard are located in front of Belle Grove.

Belle Grove herself escaped the attention of the kamikazes and arrived in Lingayen Gulf early on the 9th.

Following those repairs, Belle Grove returned to Norfolk on 1 October.

Over the next 18 months, Belle Grove made two more deployments to the western Pacific.

For the next ten months, Belle Grove conducted local operations off the West Coast.

For the next eight months, Belle Grove conducted refresher and amphibious training in the waters off California.

The dragon helped Belle Grove see off some stiff competition to take first prize in the awards.

I've never seen a house that says more about its owners than Belle Grove.