Saratoga (Boyce, Virginia)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Saratoga
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Boyce, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1779
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= November 7, 1973cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1017&ResourceType=Building
title=Saratoga |accessdate=2008-04-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 26, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=70000788

Saratoga, also known as the General Daniel Morgan House, is a home near Boyce, Virginia. It is a gray limestone Georgian house built by Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan, best known for his victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781. He named it after the American victory at Battle of Saratoga.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000788.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: General Daniel Morgan House, Saratoga / Saratoga] |32 KB|date=January 11, 1973 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000788.pdf "Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1942 and 1972"] |32 KB]

It is located about .5 miles south of Boyce on the west side of County Route 723.

References

External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Clarke/Saratoga_photos.htm Saratoga, Clarke County, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0325 Saratoga, Main House & Outbuildings, Roseville Run, Boyce vicinity, Clarke County, VA: 3 photos, 2 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey