Snapp House (Fishers Hill, Virginia)

Snapp House
Location Southwest of Fishers Hill on VA 757, near Fishers Hill, Virginia
Coordinates 38°58′20″N 78°25′30″W / 38.97222°N 78.42500°W / 38.97222; -78.42500Coordinates: 38°58′20″N 78°25′30″W / 38.97222°N 78.42500°W / 38.97222; -78.42500
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built c. 1790 (1790)
NRHP Reference # 79003085[1]
VLR # 085-0029
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 7, 1979
Designated VLR November 21, 1978[2]

Snapp House, also known as Wildflower Farm, is a historic home located near Fishers Hill, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story Continental log dwelling sheathed in weatherboard. It sits on a limestone basement and has a two-story, rubble limestone rear ell with a central chimney. A small frame structure connects the log section to the rear ell. Also on the property is the contributing site of a spring house.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Snapp House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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