Stratton Manor
{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Stratton Manor
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = September 16, 1980{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}
| designated_other1_number = 065-0024
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Stratton Manor, State Route 642 vicinity, Cheriton vicinity (Northampton County, Virginia).jpg
| caption = Stratton Manor, HABS Photo
| location = Southeast of Cape Charles off VA 642, near Cape Charles, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|37|15|43|N|75|59|02|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
| architecture = Vernacular
| added = November 28, 1980
| area = {{convert|15|acre}}
| refnum = 80004206{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Stratton Manor is a historic plantation house located near Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built in the third quarter of the 18th century, and is a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story, single-pile, gable roof house with a wood-frame core of three bays with brick ends. A two-story ell was added in the first quarter of the 20th century. It is a characteristic example of the 18th-century vernacular architecture distinctive of Virginia's Eastern Shore.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Northampton/065-0024_Stratton_Manor_1980_Final_Nomintation.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stratton Manor|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission | date=September 1980|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Northampton/StrattonManor_photo.htm Accompanying photo]
The house has the name of Benjamin Stratton, the original owner of the site.{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015064565875;view=1up;seq=137|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|page=81}} Stratton Manor was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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External links
- [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0790 Stratton Manor, State Route 642 vicinity, Cheriton, Northampton County, VA] 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
Category:Plantation houses in Virginia
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Category:Houses in Northampton County, Virginia
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Virginia
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