{"nrhp_refnum":"70000788","name":"Saratoga","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of jct. of Rtes. 723 and 617","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boyce","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.086895572500055,"lon":-78.06245598245582,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-26","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Saratoga is a two-and-a-half story random-laid gray limestone house near Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia, begun in 1779 by Revolutionary soldier Daniel Morgan. It sits on the northwest bank of Westbrook Run with several early stone outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to Daniel Morgan, the Revolutionary War general who won the Battle of Cowpens, and to later residents including the poet Philip Pendleton Cooke and novelist John Esten Cooke. It also notes brief Civil War use by Generals Jackson and Lee. Architecturally, it is described as one of the largest and best preserved Revolutionary-period mansions in the Shenandoah Valley, blending Georgian features with German settler building methods.","narrative":"Saratoga is a massive two-and-a-half story limestone house near Boyce in Clarke County, Virginia, set on a steep rise above a spring-fed pond with the Blue Ridge beyond. Daniel Morgan, the Revolutionary War officer who later won the decisive Battle of Cowpens, began building it in 1779 after resigning his post, possibly with help from Hessian prisoners. Its random gray limestone walls, gable roof, modillion cornice and panelled chimney pieces show Georgian features combined with building methods of the Valley's German settlers. The property keeps its early stone kitchen, dairy, shed and smokehouse. Later owners included Nathaniel Burwell, who bought it in 1809. Poet Philip Pendleton Cooke married there in 1837, and his brother, the novelist John Esten Cooke, lived there from 1867 to 1869. General Jackson used it briefly as headquarters in 1862, and General Lee camped nearby in 1863. It is regarded as one of the best preserved Revolutionary-period mansions in the Shenandoah Valley.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":"Daniel Morgan (began building 1779), perhaps with the aid of Hessian prisoners","architectural_style":"Georgian architectural features blended with German Valley building methods","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, used as a private residence and for agriculture.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.615251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6802/41680240/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/70000788.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000788/4465f61012-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000788/4465f61012-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARATOGA,_BOYCE,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARATOGA,_BOYCE,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001133","name":"Greenway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/greenway-historic-district-93001133/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680240","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_(Boyce,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/saratoga-70000788/"}