Benjamin Wierman House Explained

Benjamin Wierman House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 14, 2005[1]
Designated Other1 Number:085-0037-0003
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.7158°N -78.7575°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:February 21, 2008
Refnum:08000077

Benjamin Wierman House, also known as the Gorman Lloyd House and Snapp House, is a historic home located near Quicksburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, frame I-house dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It sits on an English basement. The house features a long set of new wooden steps that lead up to a small front portico and massive cut limestone chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing one-story frame spring house with a loft, a small meat house, a frame chicken house, and a horse barn site.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Benjamin Wierman House. Michael Watkinson . September 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos