Rogers was known for his progressive approaches to agriculture, including methods for improving the quality of the soil after years of tobacco crops.

Belmont was used as a location in the filming of Giant (1956), starring Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor.

Monacan Indian Nation people lived in present-day Albemarle County, in a village north of Charlottesville.

[1][2][4][a] In the early 18th century, large tracts of land were acquired in what is now northeastern Albemarle County by people from the Tidewater region of Virginia.

They tended to stay near the Atlantic coast and had servants and slaves establish tobacco plantations in the western wilderness.

[6] In 1734, Thomas Graves and others patented more than 3,277 acres of land north of the Rivanna River and that crossed the South West Mountains.

[7] Belmont is between the Rivanna River and the South West Mountains,[8][b] and alongside Edge Hill and near Thomas Jefferson's holdings in northeastern Albemarle County.

[9] Colonel John Harvie Sr., an immigrant from Scotland, bought Belmont from Matthew Graves in the 1730s.

[16] Called the "Great House", it was a modern residence with hot and cold running water.

The main section of the former house was moved back to its original site and improvements were made to expand the living space and cover the building in clapboard.

[23] Alfred Braun bought Belmont after World War II and remodeled it inside and out, changing the two-story porch to a Greek Revival portico.

Jordan "Bick" Benedict, played by Rock Hudson, arrives at Ardmore to purchase a stallion from the Lynnton family.