Crumley-Lynn-Lodge House
Also known as: 034-0152
Why it's listed
Located about nine miles northwest of Winchester, this farmhouse on Apple Pie Ridge Road grew in three stages. A 1½-story log section, probably built around 1759 for James Crumley, forms the core. William Lynn, a farmer and horse breeder, added a two-story, four-bay brick wing in 1830, with two front doors and Federal-style mantels. Around 1850, after the Lodge family acquired the farm, the log section was raised to two full stories and a front porch unified the two parts. The remaining five acres of the original 135-acre farm hold a log meat house, a brick granary, a late-nineteenth-century corn crib and the stone foundation of a barn. Modern rear additions were made in 1987 and 1994. The house is recognized for architecture because it shows how a modest eighteenth-century log dwelling was enlarged over time, and because few surviving examples of such early log houses remain in the area.
Significance in brief: The house is significant under Criterion C in architecture as a rare surviving example of an evolved eighteenth-century log dwelling. Its log core, probably built for James Crumley, was expanded by the Lynn and Lodge families in the typical Shenandoah Valley manner of enlarging small dwellings for growing families and farm activities. Few such log structures survive today.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 06000806, listed September 6, 2006. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 3641 Apple Pie Ridge Rd., Winchester |
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| County | Frederick County |
| Listed | September 6, 2006 |
| Reference number | 06000806 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | circa 1759-1885 |
| Architectural style | Colonial; Federal; Other: Vernacular |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Currently used as a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings; the brick granary is in poor condition and near collapse, and its owners are considering restoration. |
| Acreage | 5 |
| Coordinates | 39.30443, -78.14196 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 06000806.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14712222
- This listing as JSON
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