Joseph Funk House
Joseph Funk House is a historic home located at Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1810, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, log dwelling with a gable roof and an undercut front gallery. The house is sheathed with weatherboarding. Its builder Joseph Funk (1777-1862), was a leader in the Mennonite faith and an influential musical theorist who was the grandson of a German Palatine settler of Bernese Swiss descent. The second-floor room where the printing press, formerly located in a separate building, was placed was originally a loom room. It was converted to a school room in 1837. The building served as Funk's publishing house from 1847 until 1878.
Joseph Funk House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Southwestern angle | |
| Location | Singers Glen Road in Singers Glen, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°33′3″N 78°55′4″W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1810 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002036 |
| VLR No. | 082-0069 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1975 |
| Designated VLR | November 19, 1975 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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