Henry Mish Barn Explained

Henry Mish Barn
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 14, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:007-0122
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.0647°N -79.2236°W
Architecture:Bank Barn
Added:February 10, 1983
Refnum:83003260

Henry Mish Barn, also known as Mish Barn and Heritage Hill Barn, is a historic Pennsylvania bank barn located near Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1849, and measures 50 feet by 100 feet. The ends of the barn feature decorative brick lattice vents in lozenge patterns, a feature prevalent in Pennsylvania barns. It is one of the few pre-American Civil War examples to have survived the Valley barn-burning campaigns by Union forces.[2] Associated with the brick barn are the contributing Mish House and two related outbuildings. The barn was built for Henry Mish, a native of York County, Pennsylvania who settled in southwestern Augusta County in 1839.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: 007-0122 Henry Mish Barn. 2021-10-21. www.dhr.virginia.gov. en-US.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Mish Barn. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . November 1982. and Accompanying photo