Court Manor - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Court Manor - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Court Manor (built as Mooreland Hall) is an early Greek Revival plantation house and estate in Rockingham County, Virginia, located south of the town of New Market. With its stately manor house and prime location in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Court Manor has long been regarded as "one of the finest estates in the Valley of Virginia."Harrison, J. Houston. Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, Virginia. Harrisonburg, Virginia: C.J. Carrier Co., 1983. The estate is situated on U.S. Route 11, which follows the route of the historic Great Wagon Road, a colonial thoroughfare connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Savannah, Georgia.Terrell, Isaac Long. Old Houses in Rockingham County, 1750-1850. 3rd edition. McClure Press. (1983). The estate's landholdings include some of land, extending from the base of the Massanutten Mountain Ridge to about one-half mile () west of U.S. Route 11. The manor house (circa 1800), with its impressive Greek Revival portico, can be easily seen from the tree-lined stretch of U.S. Route 11 that passes through the heart of the estate. Read more on Wikipedia
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