
meet the bellamys - View this location on map ![]() 'Free and enslaved blacks built the Greek Revival and Italianate mansion-turned-museum at (910-251-3700, www.bellamymansion.org) for Dr. John D. Bellamy, a prominent planter. The Civil War began just after the family moved in, and the Bellamys returned home when it was over to find Yankees in Tara, but they reclaimed it and stayed until 1946. Its former in-town slave quarters are intact a rarity.'' New York Times 503 Market Street , Wilmington, NC Historical |