Stratton-Stup Cabin (1975)
Cabin of Ibby Stratton & Jim Stup
1564 Deer Rapids, Strasburg, VA
This charming cabin was built in 1975 as a permanent home, but was later purchased by Elizabeth Stratton and Jim Stup from Wendy and Steve Pieper and is now used as a guest house. Sitting on the bank of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, the cabin is surrounded by lawns and fields. Half-round wood cladding is painted a light gray.
The cabin is accessed on the river side, leading into a sun porch facing the North Fork. The porch is separated from the rest of the cabin by a long counter and small, alcove kitchen. The heart of the cabin is a rustic living room of double height, knotty pine paneling and beams. A brick fireplace holds a pine mantel where a collection of Strasburg pottery is on display.
Local builder, P.J. Stanley has recently converted a downstairs bedroom into a bath and scullery, and a porch that ran across the front of the cabin is now a bedroom and TV room. A second bedroom remains on the lower level. A pine staircase leads to a third bedroom called the loft room.