The Henry Wenger Home, known as Farmingreen, located at 3530 Linville Edom Rd, Linville VA, is one of several Mennonite pioneer homes related to the Wenger Family that is featured on the Anabaptist Heritage Trail. Other Wenger homes include the Joseph Wenger, Jr. (1794-1865) home built in 1819 and the homes of Joseph Wenger Jr.’s sons Isaac Wenger (1823-1904), built in 1848, and Jacob Wenger (1829-1879), built around 1857.
Joseph G. Wenger (1747-1812) migrated from Pennsylvania to Virginia in the late 1700s. He acquired 500 to 600 acres, mostly timberland, between the present-day towns of Linville and Edom. He built his log home on the other side of Linville Edom Road from the current home – close to where the pond is today.
Joseph had 13 children by his first wife, Barbara Huber, and five more by his second wife, Anna Hockman. The youngest of these children, Henry Wenger (1804-1888), built Farmingreen on the family farm in 1825. The farm has remained in the Wenger Family for six generations. The original house (left) dates to 1825, while the additions date to 1955 (middle) and 1973 (right). The home is currently owned by Mary McDonald, a descendant of Joseph G. Wenger.
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- Adapted from the Wenger Reunion Tour Booklet by Karl Rhodes and Norman Wenger, published in 2025.