SHENANDOAH COUNTY HOMESTEADS - (histories from John Wayland's "History of Shenandoah County"

  • A Notable Galaxy - Some famous Shenandoah Countians of the past

  • The Allen Home Site - Home of Robert Allen of Scotland

  • The Beale-Moore Home - Built by James Madison Hite Beale

  • Belle Grove and Long Meadows - Two Hite family homes

  • The Bushong House - Was damaged by shot and shell in the battle of New Market, 15 May 1864

  • The Clower House - On the east side of Main Street in Woodstock

  • Dunmore Mt. Airy - Erected in 1800 or shortly before by William Steenbergen, Sr.

  • The Foltz Home - On Swover Creek, about three miles west of Lantz Mills

  • Harmony Hall - The old Bowman house, also known as "Fort Bowman"

  • The Hockman Homestead - Built in 1868 by Dr. Christopher Hockman, a well-known dentist

  • Homes Near Hawkinstown - A number of old homesteads that have been well known for generations

  • Hotel Spengler - At the corner of Main and Massanutten Street in Strasburg

  • The Hupp Homestead - At the northeast entrance to Strasburg along the Valley Pike

  • Jackson's Headquarters - The home of L.H. McGinnis

  • The Jones Homesteads - In the southwest part of the county

  • The Judge Samuels Home - The home of Judge Green Berry Samuels (1806-1859)

  • The Lantz Home - At Lantz Mills, a short distance northwest of Stony Creek

  • Locust Vale - The home place of Henry Kagey

  • Matin Hill - Erected early in the 19th century by Captain Anthony Spengler (1774-1834)

  • Mt. Pleasant - Built by Capt. Isaac Bowman in 1812-13

  • The Muhlenberg Home - The house in which General Muhlenberg lived while a resident of Woodstock

  • New Market Homes - In the town of New Market are many interesting homes

  • The Neff Home - The home of Elder Benjamin W. Neff

  • The Newman Homes - Old Newman homesteads

  • Other Notable Homes

  • Pence's Hill - Home of Jacob Pence, blacksmith

  • Red Banks - Where Stonewall Jackson's army camped several times in the spring of 1862

  • The Rice Homesteads - Occupied for many years prior to 1895 by Dr. F.E. Rice

  • The Riddleberger Home - home of U.S. Senator H.H. Riddleberger (1844-1890)

  • The Rinker Homestead - Ancestral home of the Rinkers

  • The Robert Allen House - The home of Robert Allen

  • The Samuels Homestead - On the southeast side of the river, opposite or almost opposite the Pittman-Ripley house

  • Shenstone - On the high bank of Mill Creek at the south end of Mt. Jackson

  • Stanley Hall - Built by Dr. John W. Rice prior to the Civil War

  • The Stickley Homes - Home of Col. Daniel Stickley

  • Strathmoor - On the west bank of the Shenandoah River southwest of Mt. Jackson across Meems' Bottoms

  • Strickler Homes

  • The White House - Built in 1811 by Benjamin Pennybacker (1760-1820)



    • The Virginia W.P.A. Historical Inventory Project of 1937

    During the Great Depression of the 1930's the Virginia W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) conducted a survey of historical sites in the state of Virginia. The following items give a unique insight into Shenandoah County during that time. It is not known how many of these sites are still standing, although it is certain that some are not. Keep in mind, while reading, that all references to "the present" mean 1937.


  • The A. L. Bamber Home - New Market, Virginia, on east side of Route 11

  • The Abraham Bauserman Farm (aka the Larry Keller Farm) - About two miles east of Maurertown, Virginia

  • The Abraham Funkhouser Home (1) - Two miles west of Fisher's Hill, Virginia, on Tumbling Run

  • The Abraham Funkhouser Home (2) - West of Mt. Jackson, Virginia, off Orkney Grade

  • The Abraham Funkhouser Home (3) - One quarter mile north of Basye on Stoney Creek

  • The Abraham Funkhouser Home (4) - A few yards east of Basye on Stoney Creek

  • The Abraham Hottle Home
    • - On Pughs Run west of Route 11
  • The Abraham Neff Home
    • - Three miles south of Mt. Jackson on Shenandoah Caverns Road
  • The Abraham Smoot Home
    • - Approximately four miles west of Woodstock on Route 604
  • The Abraham Strickler Home (aka the S.J. Bauserman Home)
    • - Three miles east of Maurertown on Route 654
  • The Addison Munch Home - Fort Valley at Dry Run

  • The Alexander Bauserman Home - Maurertown

  • The Allie Zirkle House - One half mile northeast off Orkney Grade at Tan Yard

  • The Ambrose Home - On the south side of the school house at Mt. Jackson

  • The Amos Moore Home - About five miles west of Mt. Jackson on Route 263

  • The Anthony Spengle Home - On the western edge of Strasburg on the west side of Route 11

  • The Armentrout Mill - On the run at Moore's Store

  • The Arthur Larrick home (aka "The Parsonage") - Two and one half miles west of Mt. Jackson on the Orkney Grade

  • Austin C. Chapman Home - On the south side of Liene Street, New Market

  • The Beckford Parish Home - One and one half miles northeast of Maurertown

  • The Benjamin Harman Home - One mile west of Maurertown

  • The Benjamin Layman Home - Four and one half miles southwest of Maurertown

  • Bird's Nest - One block west of Court Street on Muhlenburg Street in Woodstock

  • The Bob Fry Home - On Crooked Run

  • The Bowers House - Seven miles southwest of Mt. Jackson

  • The C.S. Beaver Home (aka Indian Fort) - Three and one half miles northeast of New Market

  • The Calloway Home and Graveyard
    • - Three miles west of New Market
  • Camp Strawderman - just off the Jerome-Columbia Furnace Road, four miles from Jerome

  • The Casper Funkhouser Home - One and a half miles west of Mt. Jackson on Orkney Grade

  • Catherine Furnace - Two and one half miles northwest of Grove Hill (Page County)

  • Cedar Grove Manor - Adjoining the town of Strasburg on the north, situated on the east side of Route 11

  • The Charles A. Saum Home - 138 South Muhlenburg Street, Woodstock

  • The Charles Maurer Home - In the village of Maurertown, on the west side of Route 11

  • The Charlotte Keller Home - One and one half blocks south of the Court House on the east side of Main Street in Woodstock

  • The Christian Fauber Home - Two and one half miles west of Maurertown

  • The Clapsaddle Hatters Shop Site - Fort Valley, at Dry Run, nine miles east of Woodstock

  • The Clarence H. Larkin Home - Seven miles southwest of Woodstock on Stony Creek

  • The Cooper Foltz Home - Three miles west of Lantz Mill on the south side of Stony Creek

  • Copp's School House site and the Valley Pike Cemetery - One mile southeast of Maurertown, Virginia, at Valley Pike Church

  • The Crisley Gochenour Home - Two miles southwest of Saumsville on Route 652

  • The Daniel B. Clem Home - Fort Valley, three miles south of Detrick on Route 74

  • The Daniel D. Downey Home - Two and one half miles south of Edinburg on the west side of Route 11

  • The Daniel Eberly Home - 210 West King Street, Strasburg

  • The Daniel Hisey Home - Three miles west of Woodstock

  • The Daniel Munch Home - Fort Valley, one mile south of Dry Run

  • The David Rhodes Home - Two and one half miles east of Maurertown near Zion Church

  • The David Rodeffer Home - east side of Main Street, one and one half blocks north of the Court House in Woodstock

  • The David Schrickel Home - one mile south of Orkney Springs

  • The David Shutters Home - Three miles west of Mt. Jackson on Orkney Grade

  • The Doll Home - South Maurertown on the west side of Route 11

  • The Dr. Haynes Home - East side of the street, beside Triplett School in southern Mt. Jackson

  • The Dr. Humston Home - Two miles south of Edinburg on the west side of Route 11

  • The E.F. Shaver Home - On the west side of Route 11, near the center of Maurertown

  • The Edinburg Mills - Edinburg, on Stony Creek and Route 11

  • The Eli Saum Home - West of Saumsville on Route 600

  • The Elias Saum Home - On the west side of Route 11, Maurertown

  • The Etta Fry Home - Six miles west of Mt. Jackson, on the east side of Buck Hill

  • The Eugene Dillinger Home - About two miles west of Mt. Jackson on Orkney Grade

  • The Evangelical Luthern Church - Lebanon Church, six miles west of Strasburg on Route 55

  • The Fairfax Lodge (aka the Philip Grandstaff Home) - On the east side of Route 11 on Stony Creek on the south end of Edinburg

  • The Fanny Leary Home - On the west side of Route 11, no the northern end of Maurertown

  • The Female Seminary - North corner of Congress and Water Streets, New Market

  • The Four Mile House - Four miles south of Strasburg, on Route 11

  • The Frank Branner Moore Home - In the Glory on Route 260

  • The Frank Coffelt Home - Four miles northwest of Woodstock on Route 604

  • The Frank Crabill Home - One and one half miles southeast of Maurertown on Route 661

  • The Frederick Craig Place (aka Indian Fort) - West of Woodstock near Fairview

  • The Frederick Lonas Place - Six miles west of Mt. Jackson across Crooked Run

  • The Gearing Farm - Two and one half miles southeast of Woodstock

  • The George A. Copp Home - Five miles southwest of Strasburg

  • The George Eberly Home - 222 West King Street, Strasburg

  • The George Plauger Home - On the east side of Buck Hill and is two tenths of a mile west of the road

  • The George Shaver Home - Three quarters of a mile east of Maurertownon Route 654

  • Golden Gates (aka Artz) Mill - Southwest edge of Strasburg on Route 11

  • Green Hope, Home of Isaac Samuels; (aka The Fravel Farm) - Three miles south of Edinburg, across the Shenandoah River

  • The H.D. Coffman Home - On the east side of Route 11 in Hawkinstown

  • The Harry Bauserman Home - On Route 719 near Pleasant View Church about four and one half miles west of Mt. Jackson

  • The Harry C. Clayton Home - 126 Massanutten St., Strasburg

  • The Old Half-Way House - Pugh's Run, on west side of Route 11

  • Mrs. H.N. Freeman's Home - On the east side of Main Street, New Market

  • The Hackley House - On the north side of Bank Street, Mt. Jackson

  • The Harrison Crabill Home - Half a mile east of Maurertown on Route 654

  • The Henrietta Furnace - Opposite Shenandoah Alum Springs Hotel, at Shenandoah Alum Springs

  • The Henry Funkhouser Home - Five miles southwest of Strasburg on Route 646

  • The Henry Gochenour Home - Four and one half miles northwest of Woodstock on Route 604

  • The Henry Koontz Home - Two and one half miles southeast of Maurertown

  • The Hines Memorial Pythian Home - On the northwest side of Route 11 in the northern part of New Market

  • The Hubert Artz Home (aka Riverholm) - One mile east of Pugh's Run on Route 663 along the Shenandoah River

  • The Ida D. Gochenour Home - Maurertown, on the west side of Route 11

  • An Indian Legend - Hudson's Cross Roads

  • The Isaiah Funkhouser Home - Six miles west of Strasburg

  • The Dr. J.B. Rush Farm (aka The Rootz Farm) - Two and one half miles southeast of Woodstock on Route 605

  • The J.F. Nicewander Farm - Three miles southwest of Maurertown on Route 654

  • The Jacob B. Clowder Home (in 1937, known as "The Long, Long Ago Shop") - Corner Main and East Foundry Streets, two blocks north of the court house, Woodstock

  • The Jacob Frye, or Reuben Pennywit House - Four and one half miles west of Mt. Jackson, one and one half miles off Orkney Grade on Buck Hill

  • The Old Jacob Funk Stone House - One half mile west off Route 11 at the top of Fishers Hill

  • The J. Lee Stoneburner Home - South end of Mt. Jackson on the west side of Route 11

  • The J.P. Bowman Home - Next to the last house on the east side of Route 11 in Hawkinstown

  • The Jacob Funkhouser Place - One and one half miles west of Fishers Hill on Tumbling Run

  • The Jacob Lenas Home - Six and one half miles west of Mt. Jackson on Route 720

  • The Jacob Rickard Home - Three and one half miles northeast of Woodstock on the Shenandoah River

  • The Jacob Rinker Stone House - One quarter mile from Conicville on the Jerome Road

  • The Jacob Ruby Home - On the west side of Route 11, south side of Hawkinstown

  • The Jacob Tisinger Home - West of Mt. Jackson off Orkney Grade

  • The James Sine Home - Two and one half miles southwest of Maurertown west of the Southern Railway

  • The James Spiker Home - West of Saumsville on Route 600

  • The James Spitzer Home - Three quarters of a mile east from Soliloquy School House toward the mountain and northeast of New Market

  • The Jesse Walton Home - Two miles southeast of Toms Brook on Route 743

  • The Joe Gochenour Home - Two miles southwest of Saumsville on Route 652

  • The John A. Irwin Home - Columbia Furnace, on Stony Creek

  • The John H. Keller Home - Fishers Hill, on the south side of Route 601

  • The John Jacob Home - One mile east of Toms Brook on Route 653

  • The John Neff Place - Two and one half miles north of New Market on the west side of Route 11

  • The John Rickard Home - Three miles west of Woodstock on Route 261

  • The John Rhodes Home - Three and one half miles northeast of Maurertown

  • The John Sager Home - Six miles west of Mt. Jackson

  • The John Wendell Home - One mile west of Tom's Brook

  • The Johnny Burner Home - Two and one half miles east of Pugh's Run on Route 663 across the Shenandoah River

  • The Jonas Burner Home - Four miles northeast of Woodstock on Route 664, along the Shenandoah River

  • The Jonathan Crabill Tavern - One mile south of Maurertown on the west side of Route 11

  • The Joseph Lonas Place - Seven miles west of Mt. Jackson, Virginia, on the west side of Route 720

  • The Joseph Maphis Home - One and one half miles southwest of Saumsville on Route 652

  • The Julia Henkel Property (Elon Henkel) - On the west side of Main Street at the corner of New Market Depot Road and Highway at New Market

  • The Kagey Home - Three miles northwest of Mt. Jackson

  • The Lee - Jackson Hotel - At the southeast corner of Lee Highway and Main Street in New Market

  • The Lemuel Dirting Home - Pughs Run, on the east side of Route 11

  • Leonard Walters' Hotel or Tavern - Southwest Main Street, Mt. Jackson

  • The Levi Pitman Home - Three and one half miles northwest of Toms Brook on Route 623

  • The Liberty Furnace - On the road that runs from Jerome to Columbia Furnace, four miles northwest of Jerome

  • The Long Meadow Graveyard - On the Shenandoah River near Cedar Creek

  • Long Meadows - On the north branch of the Shenandoah River near Cedar Creek

  • The Luther Hottle Home - On North Main Street, New Market

  • The Lydia C. Frye Home - Ten miles west of Mt. Jackson

  • The Madison Funkhouser Farm - One and one half miles north of Toms Brook on the east side of Route 11

  • The Martin Miley Home (aka Clover Hill Seminary) - One mile west of Saumsville on Route 600

  • The Mary E. Neff Home (aka The Joseph Hupp Home) - Two and one half miles north of New Market on the west side of Route 11

  • The Mary J. Wickes Home - North Main Street, New Market

  • The Mathias Spitler Home - Eight miles west of Mt. Jackson on Stony Creek, near the Dunker Church

  • The Middle Road - Shenandoah County, from Harrisonburg to Winchester

  • The Moore Property - On the east side of Main Street in Mt. Jackson

  • The Morris Lutz Home - Six miles northwest of Mt. Jackson on Route 716

  • Mt. Airy Estate - Four miles south of Mt. Jackson on Route 11, and one mile west on North River

  • Mt. Hurman United Brethren Church Graveyard - Eight miles west of Mount Jackson on Orkney Grade Road

  • The Myers Kelley Home - In Mt. Clifton Orchard at Gravel Town

  • The Nathan Runion House (aka The Sol Frye House) - On the east side of Route 11 in Hawkinstown

  • The Neff Home - Three miles south of Mount Jackson on Shenandoah Caverns Road, across the Shenandoah River

  • The Nimrod Bowman Home - Fort Valley, three miles south of the Detrick post office

  • The Noah Bauserman Home - On the east side of Route 11, Maurertown

  • The Noah Wolfe Farm (aka The Joshua Foltz Farm) - One mile south of Conicville on the Back Road

  • The O.C. Billings Home - Three and one half miles southeast of Maurertown on Route 600

  • The Office of Mt. Airy - Four miles south of Mt. Jackson, on Route 11

  • The Old Brick Church - Fort Valley, at Dry Run

  • The Old Central Hotel - At the cross roads in New Market

  • The Old Coffman Home - Seven miles west of Woodstock, near Calvary

  • The Old Grabill Home - Near Buck Hill, two tenths of a mile north from Route 715 intersection on Route 710, Mount Jackson

  • The Old Guard Home - On Luray Road from New Market, next to the Clinedinst Carriage Shop

  • The Old Hockman Home - Six miles southwest of Strasburg on Route 646

  • The Old Miller Home - On the east side of Main Street in Woodstock, third block south of the Court House

  • The Old Nathaniel Beedle Home (aka The Lewis Nesselrodt Home) - On Stony Creek near the Dunkard Church

  • Old Stone Corner - Northwest corner of Congress or Main Street, and Cross Street, New Market

  • The Old Stoner Home (a.k.a. the Sidney Baker Home) - Fisher's Hill, on Route 601

  • The Old Stoner Mill - Fisher's Hill, on Tumbling Run

  • The Old Virginia Inn - On the west side of Main Street, New Market

  • The Original George Grandstaff Home - Edinburg, near the railroad bridge, on Stoney Creek

  • The Parker Home - 330 North Muhlenberg Street, Woodstock

  • The Paul Markley Home - In the Elk Run Valley on the road from Jerome to Shenandoah Alum Springs

  • The Pearl Hobson Home - Second house south of the Lutheran Church, New Market

  • The Pennybacker Home - One half mile south of Cedar Grove Church on Route 616

  • The Philip Smoot Home - Four miles northwest of Woodstock on Route 604

  • The Philip Spengler Home and Tavern (aka Colonial Inn) - Corner of King and Massanutten Streets, Strasburg

  • Plains Mill - Two miles north of Timberville on the north branch of the Shenandoah River

  • The Post Office, Moore's Store - Moore's Store

  • Powell's Fort Valley - Near the center of the Shenandoah Valley, commencing behind Signal Knob, near Strasburg

  • Presbyterian Church (aka Union Church of Shenandoah) - Corner of Holliday and High Streets, Strasburg

  • The R.L. Wickes Home - East side of Route 11 in New Market

  • Mrs. Raleigh Rader Home - Three fourths of a block north of the Court House on Main Street, Woodstock

  • The Ramsey Mowery Home - Two and one half miles southwest of Saumsville

  • Red Banks Farm - Three and one half miles south of Edinburg on Route 11

  • The Rhodes Homeplace - Saumsville

  • The Rickard Homeplace - Two and one half miles north of Toms Brook on the east side of Route 11

  • The Rinkerton Roller Mill - About two and one half miles west of Mount Jackson on the Orkney Grade

  • The Rinkerton Woolen Mill - On the west side of Orkney Grade, one eighth of a mile from Mount Jackson

  • Riverside Farm (aka The Samuel Wisman Home) - Two and one half miles southeast of Woodstock

  • The Robert Cahoon House (aka The Jacob Ott Home) - 242 North Church Street, Woodstock

  • The Robert Myers Home - One mile north of Woodstock on the west side of Route 11

  • The Robert Ryman Home - Bank Street, Mount Jackson, Virginia, near the railroad on the south side of the street

  • The Romeo Fink Home - Three miles northeast of Woodstock on the Shenandoah River

  • The Rupp Home - On the south side of the Lutheran church on the west side of North Main Street or Congress Street, New Market

  • The Russell Miller Home (aka The Bauserman Home, The Lindamood Home and The Jordan Home) - Two tenths of a mile south of Pleasant View Church, Mount Jackson

  • The S.W. Henkel Home - On the corner of Lime and Congress Streets, at the Town Pump, New Market

  • The Samuel Bell Home - Corner of Fort and Queen Streets, Strasburg

  • The Sarah L. Minnick Home - Six miles from Mount Jackson on Mill Creek at Mount Clinton

  • Shockey Flat, formerly Reamer's Tavern - One half block north of the Court House, on the west side of Main Street, Woodstock

  • The Showalter Place - On a creek to the left of Moore's Store, and opposite the Post Office

  • The Slave Quarters at the Isaac Samuels Home, Green Hope - Three miles south of Edinburg

  • The Smucker Home - Three miles northeast of Maurertown

  • The Snapp Farm - Fishers Hill, west side of Route 11 on Tumbling Run

  • The Stone House - Two tenths of a mile from the crossing at Hudson's Cross Roads

  • Stonewall Mill - Three miles southeast of Woodstock on Route 663 on the Shenandoah River

  • The Supinger House - 425 North Main Street, Woodstock, on the west side of Route 11

  • The Swartz Farm - Two and one half miles west of Maurertown

  • The Sweetwood Home - Two miles south of Maurertown on the east side of Route 11

  • The Dr. T.M. Locke Home - One block north of the Courthouse on the east side of Main Street in Woodstock

  • The Theis Home (aka Homer Bushong Home) - On the corner of Lime Street and Depot Road, New Market

  • The Tommy Baker Home - Two miles southeast of Maurertown

  • The W.L. Click Home - Seven miles west of Mount Jackson

  • The Walter E. Stickley Home - Two and one half miles north of Strasburg, one half mile west of Route 11

  • The Walter Wisman Home - Four miles west of Woodstock

  • The Walton Craig Home - Six and one half miles northwest of Mount Jackson

  • The Washington Sager Home - Four miles northwest of Woodstock near Fairview

  • The Will Shutters Home - Buzzard's Glory, north of Moore's Store

  • The William Pifer Home - Two miles west of Maurertown

  • The William Spiker Home - Maurertown, on the west side of Route 11 between the Southern Railway and the highway

  • Willow Grove Tavern - Two and one half miles south of Woodstock on Route 11 at Narrow Passage Creek

  • Zirkle's Tanyard - Three miles west of Mount Jackson on Orkney Grade



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