Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish | |
Location | SE of Shanghai on VA 14, near Shanghai, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°36′10″N 76°46′14″W / 37.60278°N 76.77056°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | c. 1724 | -1729
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 73002030 [1] |
VLR No. | 049-0050 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 2, 1973 |
Designated VLR | October 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]
Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish | |
Location | SE of Shanghai on VA 14, near Shanghai, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°36′10″N 76°46′14″W / 37.60278°N 76.77056°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | c. 1724 | -1729
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 73002030 [1] |
VLR No. | 049-0050 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 2, 1973 |
Designated VLR | October 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]