Tunker House

Tunker House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	411 Lindsay Avenue, Broadway, Virginia 22815
Coordinates	38°36′15″N78°47′55″W / 38.60417°N 78.79861°W / 38.60417; -78.79861
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	c. 1798 (1798), 1802-1806
Architect	Yount, Benjamin
NRHP reference No.	71000989 [1]
VLR No.	177-5004
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1971
Designated VLR	March 2, 1971 [2]

Tunker House, also known as the Yount-Zigler House, is a historic home located in Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. The house consists of a two-story, three-bay, brick main block, with a brick and frame rear ell. The brick portion of the rear ell is the oldest section and dates to about 1798. It was later raised to a full two stories in the 1830s. The main block was added between 1802 and 1806.

From the early-19th century until 1830 the house was used for worship services by the Pre-split U.S. Schwarzenau Brethren community now represented by German Baptists, Old Brethren, (or Tunker, now Dunkard Brethren). It was the home of impactful Brethren elder and author, Peter Nead (1796-1877). He lived here from the time he married Elizabeth, daughter of the builder Benjamin Yount, in 1825, until 1839. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Tucker H. Hill and Junius R. Fishburne (May 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tunker House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo