Saratoga, also known as the General Daniel Morgan House, is a historic plantation house near

Boyce, Virginia Boyce is a small incorporated town in Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 749 at the 2020 census, up from 589 at the 2010 census. Geography Boyce is located in western Clarke County at (39.093118, −78.059190), alo ...

. It was built in 1779 by

Daniel Morgan Daniel Morgan (c. 1736 – July 6, 1802) was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he later commanded troops during the sup ...

, a general in the

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best known for his victory over the British at the

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in 1781. He named his estate after the American victory in the 1777

Battles of Saratoga The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) were two battles between the American Continental Army and the British Army fought near Saratoga, New York, concluding the Saratoga campaign in the American Revolutionary War. The seco ...

, in which he also participated. The estate was listed on the

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in 1970 and was declared a

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in 1973. Privately owned, it is located about .5 miles south of Boyce on the west side of County Route 723, and is not open to the public.

Description and history

Saratoga is an estate of more than directly south of the town of Boyce in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The main house is a large -story

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structure with a gabled roof and end chimneys. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a broad gabled portico. Above the entrance is a round-arch window; the other windows are standard sash. A wood-frame addition extends to the left side. and The house was built in 1779 by

, who had retired that year from the

due to illness. Morgan was recalled to service as a brigadier general, and led troops in the decisive victory over the British at the 1781

. The house is one of the largest and best-preserved plantation houses of the period in the

Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the United States. The Valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the east ...

. After his death, Morgan's daughter sold the house to the Burwell family, and has been owned for the past century by descendants of the Robert Powel Page family. The house was also occupied at times by John Esten Cooke and his brother Philip Pendleton Cooke, both noted writers.

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Saratoga, Main House & Outbuildings, Roseville Run, Boyce vicinity (Clarke County, Virginia).jpg, Outbuildings

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Saratoga, Clarke County, one photo at Virginia DHR
* {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Historic Landmarks in Virginia Houses in Clarke County, Virginia Houses completed in 1779 Georgian architecture in Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia Cooke family (Virginia) Pendleton family residences Boyce, Virginia

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