Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm
Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm is located in West Virginia
Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm
Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm is located in the United States
Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm
LocationWV 23 approximately 1/4 mile south of junction with County Route 23/1, near Franklin, West Virginia
Coordinates38°34′40″N 79°19′07″W / 38.57778°N 79.31861°W / 38.57778; -79.31861
Area130 acres (53 ha)
Builtc. 1845 (1845), c. 1900
Built byPropst, John; Pitsenbarger, Ananias J
NRHP reference No.11000557[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 2011

Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm is an historic home and farm complex located in the unincorporated community of Dahmer, near Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia.[2] The original section of the house was built in 1845, and includes the 2+1⁄2-story section on the north end, with a later 1+1⁄2-story addition built about 1900. The house rests on a foundation of coursed rubble stone and is clad in weatherboard siding. It has a standing-seam metal gable roof. Also on the property are 15 log and frame contributing outbuildings. They include the cellar house, two hog pens, a stable, woodworking shop, carriage house, chicken coop, granary (photo 10), shed, privy constructed by the Works Progress Administration, spring house, three small hay barns, and a large double-crib log hay barn. Also on the property is the Pitsenbarger Cemetery.[2][3]

The Farm is known to have had the nickname "Loafer's Glory." This was likely due to the Pitsenbarger's reputation for being hospitable, the farm's location on a trail connecting two waterways and leading toward Harrisonburg, VA, plus the hard cider and apple brandy they produced.[4][5] The current property owners operate Loafer's Glory Log Cabin Resort & Event Venue as well as Dry Run Spirits, a distillery, on the premises.[5]

The Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/15/11 through 8/19/11. National Park Service. 2011-08-26.
  2. 1 2 Munn, Jeffrey W; Munn, Teresa W (January 2011). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm (PDF) (Report).
  3. ↑ Preservation Alliance of West Virginia (2013). "Endangered properties of West Virginia: Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm" (PDF). Preservation Alliance of West Virginia. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Milnes, Gerald (2007). Signs, Cures & Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore. Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 65, 67.
  5. 1 2 "Home". Loafer's Glory Resort & Dry Run Spirits Distillery. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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