Peter Paul House

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]

Peter Paul House
Front of the house
LocationNorth of Dayton on VA 701, near Dayton, Virginia
Coordinates38°25′47″N 78°56′20″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Builtc. 1810 (1810), c. 1829
Built byPeter Paul
Architectural styleRhenish Plan
NRHP reference No.79003082[1]
VLR No.082-0031
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1979
Designated VLROctober 16, 1979[2]

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

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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