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Belmont began as a house on 100 acres first owned in 1858 by farmer Edward J. Warren, who later served as a private in the 34th Virginia Infantry and was captured by Union troops and held prisoner at Fort Monroe. The property was first referred to as Belmont in the 1880s while it was owned by New York native William Coggeshall. In 1916 the house and property became the Hermitage Country Club and remained so until the early 1970s. In 1977, Henrico County purchased the site from Hermitage Country Club and opened it as Belmont Recreation Center and Golf Course.
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