Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish Explained

Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 17, 1972[1]
Designated Other1 Number:049-0050
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:SE of Shanghai on VA 14, near Shanghai, Virginia
Coordinates:37.6028°N -76.7706°W
Built:c. -1729
Architecture:Colonial
Added:April 2, 1973
Refnum:73002030

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff . August 1972. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo