page_title: Court Manor
hierarchical_section_title: Court Manor
caption_attribution_description: English: Court Manor photographed in the early 20th century. The Greek Revival manor house was built in 1838 as Mooreland Hall. By the early 20th century the name Court Manor had become associated with the estate. The estate was the home to two winners of the Kentucky Derby. Today the estate is involved in agricultural activities, specifically the breeding of Aberdeen Angus cattle.
context_page_description: Court Manor is an early Greek Revival plantation house and estate in Rockingham County, Virginia, located 4 miles 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." 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. The estate's landholdings include some 2,000 acres 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, 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.
context_section_description: Court Manor (built as Mooreland Hall) is an early Greek Revival plantation house and estate in Rockingham County, Virginia, located 4 miles (6.4 km) 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." 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. The estate's landholdings include some 2,000 acres (810 hectares) of land, extending from the base of the Massanutten Mountain Ridge to about one-half mile (0.80 km) 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.
caption: Court Manor in the early 20th century
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