Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish

Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish
Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish, July 2011
Location SE of Shanghai on VA 14, near Shanghai, Virginia
Coordinates 37°36′10″N 76°46′14″W / 37.60278°N 76.77056°W / 37.60278; -76.77056Coordinates: 37°36′10″N 76°46′14″W / 37.60278°N 76.77056°W / 37.60278; -76.77056
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built c. 1724 (1724)-1729
Architectural style Colonial
NRHP reference # 73002030[1]
VLR # 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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


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