Name/Title
Burkholder-Myers HouseEntry/Object ID
0000.001Description
outside walls are three bricks thick, plaster was applied directly to bricksContext
Built in 1854 by Mennonite bishop Martin Burkholder, the house was later lived in by a Brethren family by the name of Myers, who donated it to the Heritage Center. The house was moved up the hill in 2002 to make room for the new city high school.Lexicon
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BUILDINGCategory
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Building
Burkholder-Myers HouseDate
July 31, 2025Inventory
Inventory Project
INV2025.1Inventoried By
Hannah HendricksInventoried Date
Jul 25, 2025Relationships
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The family histories tell us that Peter Burkholder married Elizabeth Coffman of Greenbrier County, Virginia, the daughter of Christian Coffman. . . . He was twenty, and she was twenty-eight when they were married in 1803. Nine children were born to them.
Peter Burkholder wrote and signed his last will and testament on May 15, 1839. From this we learn a great deal about Peter Burkholder and his family . . .
The "plantation" on which he lived, containing two hundred and fifty-four acres, according to "a late survey" and valued at $7110 was to go to his two sons, David, and Martin Burkholder, who were living on it at that time. . . .
The large brick house which now (1958) stands on the farm was built in 1854 by Martin Burkholder eight years after his father's death. The dwelling house to the north where the Burkholders lived their last years is no longer standing. It was razed in the 1890's, and the lumber used to build a small house on another foundation just south of the old brick dwelling. (p. 96-98)
Brunk, Harry Anthony. History of Mennonites in Virginia, 1727-1900 Volume 1. 1959Created By
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January 21, 2026