Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish

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Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish
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Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish, July 2011
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LocationSE of Shanghai on VA 14, near Shanghai, Virginia
Coordinates 37°36′10″N76°46′14″W / 37.60278°N 76.77056°W / 37.60278; -76.77056
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Builtc. 1724 (1724)-1729
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No. 73002030 [1]
VLR No.049-0050
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 2, 1973
Designated VLROctober 17, 1972 [2]

Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish is a historic Episcopal church located near Shanghai, King and Queen County, Virginia. It was built between about 1724 and 1729, and is a one-story, rectangular, brick structure, measuring 33 feet, 9 inches, long by 64 feet. The church is topped by a steeply pitched gable roof with a box cornice and cornice returns. The church was restored after a fire gutted the interior in the 1840s. The church has been used by Baptists and later Methodists since the early-19th century. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (August 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo