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NRHP Reference #
  
71000989

Designated VLR
  
March 2, 1971

Added to NRHP
  
2 July 1971

VLR #
  
177-5004

Area
  
4 ha

Tunker House

Location
  
S of Broadway at jct. of VA 786 and 42, near Broadway, Virginia

Built
  
c. 1798 (1798), 1802-1806

Tunker House, also known as the Yount-Zigler House, is a historic home located near 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 religious services by the German Baptists (or Tunker Brethren). It was the home of Peter Nead (1796-1877), from the time he married Elizabeth, the daughter of the builder Benjamin Yount, in 1825, until 1839.

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

References

Tunker House Wikipedia


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