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The John Beery Home of 1804 on Harpine Highway, Rockingham County

John Beery House

The John Beery House preserves the domestic heritage of the Beery family — a long-established surname in Valley Anabaptist life.

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A page of the Ordnung und Gemeinde Regel associated with Daniel Good

Daniel Good Home

The Daniel Good homestead, whose nucleus consists of four log rooms built before 1800, reflects the early religious life of Valley Anabaptists. Daniel Good, an early bishop of the Virginia Mennonite Conference, authored the “Ordnung und Gemeinde Regel,” documenting aspects of this early religious community.

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The Joseph Funk House at Singers Glen, Virginia, front oblique exterior view

Joseph Funk House

The Joseph Funk House preserves the domestic legacy of one of the most influential figures in 19th-century sacred music: a teacher, publisher, and choral pioneer.

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The Jacob Miller Home on Grist Mill Road, home of Brethren Elder Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller Home

The Jacob Miller Home along Grist Mill Road preserves the domestic and milling heritage of one of the Valley’s early Anabaptist-tradition families.

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Jacob Wenger Home

The Jacob Wenger Home at Linstead Farm Lane preserves another thread of the Wenger family’s deep presence in 19th-century Mennonite life in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Elder John Kline Home

The Broadway homestead of Elder John Kline, the horseback-riding Brethren preacher, healer, and peace advocate who moderated Annual Meeting through the Civil War and was killed in 1864.

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Mannheim

Mannheim, on Wengers Mill Road near Linville, is a Kauffman family home built about 1788 and linked to Michael Kauffman, the first Mennonite minister in Rockingham County.

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