page_title: Bel Air (Woodbridge, Virginia)
section_title: Top floor
hierarchical_section_title: Bel Air (Woodbridge, Virginia) / Landscape and architecture / Interior architecture / Top floor
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of upstairs bedroom at Bel Air Plantation
context_page_description: Bel Air is a colonial-era plantation manor located in Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia. Built in 1740 as the Ewell family seat, the home was regularly visited by Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, who was a cousin. It later served as the home of Mason Locke Weems, the first biographer of George Washington and the creator of the cherry tree story. Extraordinarily well preserved for its age, Bel Air was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.Today, Bel Air remains a private residence and a working farm.
context_section_description: The top floor originally contained five bedrooms, with fireplaces in four of them. During the 1949 restoration, the fifth bedroom was converted into two bathrooms and closets, and its fireplace was removed. The small bedroom above the stairs was Parson Weems' study; it is said that he selected the remotest room as his own in order to secure sanctuary from his mother-in-law. A full-length attic spans the building.
caption: An Upstairs Bedroom
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