Corner Cupboard

Furniture

Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Corner Cupboard

Entry/Object ID

0006.001

Description

Wooden cupboard designed for corner, lower part with two doors has one shelf, upper part with two doors has two shelves

Use

Stored canned fruit in the bottom in the basement

Cataloged By

SRJ

Acquisition

Accession

0006

Source or Donor

Everette Burkholder & Leon Burkholder

Acquisition Method

Gift

Furniture Details

Furniture Type

Cabinet

Made/Created

Time Period

early 1800s

Notes

Hand-planed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cupboard, Corner

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cupboard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Material

Hard Pine, Wood, Stained

Location

Room

Kitchen

Building

Burkholder-Myers House

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Feb 28, 2026

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jun 2, 2025

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Pest Damage

Examined By

SRJ

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Harry Brunk, Jr., replaced powder beetle eaten boards and the door handles that were missing, parts were stained to match.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Notes

Abraham Daniel Wenger m. Eva Leah Harper daughter Ethel Leah Wenger m. Henry Lawrence Burkholder, brother of donors Everette and Leon Burkholder

Provenance

Notes

From the slave quarters of the house of Eva Leah (Harper) Wenger (Mrs. Abram Daniel) near Martin's Native Lumber (Harrisonburg, VA)

General Notes

Note Type

Date Cataloged

Note

07/11/2006

Note Type

Date Recieved

Note

2004

Created By

SRJ

Create Date

July 11, 2006

Updated By

info@brethrenmennoniteheritage.org

Update Date

February 28, 2026