{"nrhp_refnum":"73002058","name":"Beery, John K., Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Harrisonburg off VA 42","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edom","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.50372751450004,"lon":-78.86063191774596,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex of nearly a dozen structures near Edom in Rockingham County, Virginia, centered on a stone house and outbuildings built in 1838-39 by John K. Beery.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most picturesque and complete early nineteenth century rural homesteads in the Valley of Virginia, showing the self-sufficiency of early Valley settlers. The house blends Scotch-Irish and German building traditions, and the stone bank barn is one of the few ante-bellum barns in the county to survive. The east wing served as a Mennonite meeting room.","narrative":"Tucked at the base of a steep hill near the junction of Buttermilk and Linville Creeks, this Rockingham County farm near Edom preserves nearly a dozen buildings from the early nineteenth century. John K. Beery built the two-story limestone house and its outbuildings in 1838-39 on land his father bought in 1796. The house follows a center-hall plan with chimneys placed in a Scotch-Irish manner, while the fine stonework and decorative details reflect German influence. A one-story east wing, with a movable partition, served as a meeting room for a large Mennonite congregation, and a tunnel from it leads to a root cellar. Among the outbuildings are a rare stone bank barn with slotted ends, a loom house, a spring house, and a wash house and kitchen. Together they show how Valley families of Pennsylvania origin grouped their house and farm buildings and relied on family labor rather than servants or slaves.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"John K. Beery","architectural_style":"Blend of Scotch-Irish and German building traditions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked deteriorated on the form, and the property is listed as occupied and used for agriculture. The house is described as unaltered and on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.674174-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/6835/41683507/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002058/8e664b7069-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002058/8e664b7069-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NiteFishMoon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_K_Beery_Farm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NiteFishMoon</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:John_K_Beery_Farm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683507","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Beery_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15229669"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/beery-john-k-farm-73002058/"}