Corn Sheller

Object/Artifact

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Corn Sheller

Entry/Object ID

0037.001

Description

This corn sheller came from the Dick & Wanda Good farm which had to make room for the new Mountain View Elementary School on Rt. 33 west of Harrisonburg. The Goods' 1829 farm house is being rebuilt at CrossRoads. The corn sheller's metal works are original. The outside casing was built by Norman Kreider, who donated the sheller to CrossRoads.

Use

shelling corn Richard and Wanda Good

Cataloged By

Steve Shenk

Category

Machinery, Farm Use

Acquisition

Accession

0037

Source or Donor

Norman Kreider

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Sheller, Corn

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sheller

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Harvesting Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Agricultural T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Wood, Iron, Metal

Location

Room

Entry

Building

Welcome Center

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Mar 4, 2026

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jul 23, 2025

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Very Good

Notes

recased by Norman Kreider, metal works on insde are original, wood casing is Norman's work

Valuations

Value

$500.00

Date

Jul 23, 2025

Provenance

Notes

Richard Good family, owner of log house

General Notes

Note Type

Date Cataloged

Note

02/22/2008

Created By

Sherrie R. Johndrow

Create Date

April 28, 2008

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

March 5, 2026