Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm is an historic home and farm complex located in the unincorporated community of Dahmer, near Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia.[2] The original section of the house was built in 1845, and includes the 2+1⁄2-story section on the north end, with a later 1+1⁄2-story addition built about 1900. The house rests on a foundation of coursed rubble stone and is clad in weatherboard siding. It has a standing-seam metal gable roof. Also on the property are 15 log and frame contributing outbuildings. They include the cellar house, two hog pens, a stable, woodworking shop, carriage house, chicken coop, granary (photo 10), shed, privy constructed by the Works Progress Administration, spring house, three small hay barns, and a large double-crib log hay barn. Also on the property is the Pitsenbarger Cemetery.[2][3]
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| Location | WV 23 approximately 1/4 mile south of junction with County Route 23/1, near Franklin, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°34′40″N 79°19′07″W / 38.57778°N 79.31861°W |
| Area | 130 acres (53 ha) |
| Built | c. 1845, c. 1900 |
| Built by | Propst, John; Pitsenbarger, Ananias J |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000557[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 18, 2011 |
The Farm is known to have had the nickname "Loafer's Glory." This was likely due to the Pitsenbarger's reputation for being hospitable, the farm's location on a trail connecting two waterways and leading toward Harrisonburg, VA, plus the hard cider and apple brandy they produced.[4][5] The current property owners operate Loafer's Glory Log Cabin Resort & Event Venue as well as Dry Run Spirits, a distillery, on the premises.[5]
The Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/15/11 through 8/19/11. National Park Service. 2011-08-26.
- ^ a b Munn, Jeffrey W; Munn, Teresa W (January 2011). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm (PDF) (Report).
- ^ Preservation Alliance of West Virginia (2013). "Endangered properties of West Virginia: Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm" (PDF). Preservation Alliance of West Virginia. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Milnes, Gerald (2007). Signs, Cures & Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore. Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 65, 67.
- ^ a b "Home". Loafer's Glory Resort & Dry Run Spirits Distillery. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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