{"nrhp_refnum":"08000077","name":"Wierman, Benjamin, House","other_names":["Lloyd, Gorman House","Snapp House","DHR File No. 085-0037-0003"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4049 Flat Rock Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quickburg","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.718976458500066,"lon":-78.7571399023233,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, braced-frame Greek Revival-style I-house on a limestone English basement in the village of Moore's Store, near Quicksburg in Shenandoah County, Virginia, built around 1859, with a springhouse, meat house, chicken house and horse barn site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant under Criterion C as an excellent, well-preserved vernacular dwelling with late Greek Revival characteristics built just before the Civil War. It has had no additions and few alterations, so its original floor plan and much of its plaster and woodwork survive. It is also tied to the early village community of Moore's Store through Benjamin Wierman, a merchant, postmaster and Confederate veteran.","narrative":"Built around 1859 in the village of Moore's Store, Shenandoah County, Virginia, this two-story braced-frame house sits on a cut limestone English basement and is finished in cypress weatherboard. Massive limestone chimneys mark each gable end. The plan is a hall-and-parlor arrangement with a central staircase, and the room proportions appear to follow the Golden Ratio. Original plaster, woodwork, grain-painted doors, mantels and pine floors survive, and no additions have been made. Four outbuildings accompany the house: a springhouse, a meat house with attached privy, a chicken house, and the site of a horse barn. The property is significant for its architecture, as a well-preserved vernacular house with late Greek Revival features. It is also linked to Benjamin Wierman, a storekeeper and postmaster who served in the Confederate Army and married into the Moore family, early settlers of the area. After decades of decline, the house is being restored.","period_of_significance":"1859 - 1947","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as having fallen into disrepair during the twentieth century but now undergoing sensitive restoration; used as a dwelling, with the basement as a woodworking shop and the springhouse as a garden area.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.454781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6835/41683589/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000077.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000077/5556f53043-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000077/5556f53043-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Wierman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Wierman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683589","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wierman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15198417"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/wierman-benjamin-house-08000077/"}