{"nrhp_refnum":"01001568","name":"Beydler, Abraham, House","other_names":["Valhalla Farm","DHR file no. 0085-0096"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2748 Zion Church Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maurertown","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.91004637000003,"lon":-78.42793377499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Valhalla Farm, the Abraham Beydler House, is a two-story brick Federal-style farmhouse built around 1800 near Maurertown in Shenandoah County, Virginia, beside the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It includes a ca. 1850 ell, a smokehouse/summer kitchen and the remains of a springhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of Federal-style architecture in the northern Shenandoah Valley under Criterion C. It shows skilled craftsmanship, especially in the parlor mantel, and reflects German immigrant adoption of the Federal style. The house and smokehouse are described as surviving in nearly pristine condition from their construction.","narrative":"Valhalla Farm is a brick farmhouse of about 1800 on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, near Maurertown in Shenandoah County. Abraham Beydler, a German immigrant and Mennonite, had it built; his family held the farm for more than a century. The two-story house has six rooms, limestone and slate fieldstone foundations, and walls of bricks made on the property, partly in Flemish bond. Inside are heart-of-pine floors, horsehair plaster, chair rails and an ornate parlor with Palladian-style cupboards and a Federal mantel with carved pineapples. An ell was added around 1850, along with a brick smokehouse/summer kitchen, and the remains of a springhouse survive. The property was listed for architecture as a well-preserved example of Federal-style building in the northern Shenandoah Valley. No master builder is identified, but the house shows direct use of popular Federal elements alongside traditional forms brought from Pennsylvania. Later porches and a garage were added, yet the house has changed little.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1800-ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and in continuous use for two hundred years; the house is now multiple dwelling and the smokehouse was restored in the early 1990s as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.006644-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/6835/41683585/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01001568.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001568/77e3ceee87-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001568/77e3ceee87-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Beydler_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Beydler_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683585","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Beydler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177971"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/beydler-abraham-house-01001568/"}