Peter Paul House

Peter Paul House

Front of the house
Location North of Dayton on VA 701, near Dayton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°25′47″N 78°56′20″W / 38.42972°N 78.93889°W / 38.42972; -78.93889Coordinates: 38°25′47″N 78°56′20″W / 38.42972°N 78.93889°W / 38.42972; -78.93889
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built c. 1810 (1810), c. 1829
Built by Peter Paul
Architectural style Rhenish Plan
NRHP Reference # 79003082[1]
VLR # 082-0031
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 28, 1979
Designated VLR October 16, 1979[2]

Peter Paul House is a historic home located near Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, two bay, stuccoed Rhenish Plan log dwelling. It has a gable roof and rubble limestone chimney. A three bay brick ell was added about 1829. It is one of a small group of Continental farmhouses surviving as relics of the heavy Swiss and German settlement in the Shenandoah Valley.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peter Paul House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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