{"nrhp_refnum":"02000181","name":"Munch, Daniel, House","other_names":["85-363"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2588 Seven Fountains Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Valley","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.85332375850004,"lon":-78.4006575738747,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay brick I-house in the late Federal style with a brick rear ell, built in 1834 by farmer and distiller Daniel Munch at 2588 Seven Fountains Road in Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The property includes a 1929 bank barn and other outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is described as the first brick house in Fort Valley and a symbol of its builder's financial and social success. Its Federal design was progressive in the Germanic culture of the central Shenandoah Valley. Its interior woodwork has painted polychrome, marbled and sponged finishes, described as perhaps the finest of their type surviving in Shenandoah County.","narrative":"Overlooking Passage Creek in Fort Valley, a small valley within the Massanutten Mountain range, this two-story brick I-house was built in 1834 for Daniel Munch, a prosperous farmer, distiller and sawmill operator. Made of oversized red brick fired on the property, it was reportedly the first brick house in the valley. It has five bays, a central stair hall, a brick rear ell and a three-course molded brick cornice. Its Federal design was advanced for a traditional Germanic farming community. The interior is its most distinctive feature. Original heart-pine floors, built-in cupboards and closets, and vernacular Federal mantels carry painted finishes in yellow ochre, green, cream and coal black, including marbling and sponging. These are considered among the finest of their kind surviving in Shenandoah County. John Sonner, whose signature appears on a kitchen fireplace lintel, is believed to have done the woodwork. The property also includes a 1929 bank barn and several smaller outbuildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Daniel Munch (builder/owner); woodwork believed to be by John Sonner, whose name is inscribed in the house; master builder or mason unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal (late Federal I-house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are domestic single dwelling and agricultural outbuilding; the house is in use as a dwelling, with some modern alterations such as enclosed porches and updated kitchen and baths.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.164641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/6835/41683581/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000181.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000181/9c966089f4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000181/9c966089f4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kevin M. Byrne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Valley_VA_-_Munch_House,_1-11-_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin M. Byrne</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Valley_VA_-_Munch_House,_1-11-_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683581","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Munch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15212732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/munch-daniel-house-02000181/"}