Tunker House Explained

Tunker House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 2, 1971[1]
Designated Other1 Number:177-5004
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:411 Lindsay Avenue, Broadway, Virginia 22815
Coordinates:38.6042°N -78.7986°W
Built:c., 1802-1806
Architect:Yount, Benjamin
Added:July 2, 1971
Refnum:71000989

Tunker House, also known as the Yount-Zigler House, is a historic home located in Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. The house consists of a two-story, three-bay, brick main block, with a brick and frame rear ell. The brick portion of the rear ell is the oldest section and dates to about 1798. It was later raised to a full two stories in the 1830s. The main block was added between 1802 and 1806.

From the early-19th century until 1830 the house was used for worship services by the Pre-split U.S. Schwarzenau Brethren community now represented by German Baptists, Old Brethren, (or Tunker, now Dunkard Brethren). It was the home of impactful Brethren elder and author, Peter Nead (1796-1877). He lived here from the time he married Elizabeth, daughter of the builder Benjamin Yount, in 1825, until 1839.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tunker House . Tucker H. Hill and Junius R. Fishburne . May 1971. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo