Y

Photograph

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Rocktown History

Name/Title

Y

Entry/Object ID

Photo4980.34

Description

The Sipe-Davis House.1811. This home was built of limestone,as a barn with walls more than two feet thick. and was one of three on the 4,000 acre farm. It was converted to a home after the Civil War. It was occupied by Colonel Emmanuel and Mrs.Sipe,a grandaughter of Mr Kratzer. There was a General Merchandise Store on the ground floor. It was also a cheese factory in1896-7. Then a home for Turner Ashby Rhinehart,a,relative and became a Post Office. In1909 Mr and Mrs Isaac Davis who changed the lower level into apartments.

Collection

Collection 002

Acquisition

Accession

22.10

Source or Donor

Ms. Ann T. Baker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1811

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Houses

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Scanned photo

Location

Location

Building

Photographs

Category

Permanent

Date

May 21, 2026

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 22, 2021

Provenance

Notes

Donated by Ann Baker. Photos of old houses in Rockingham County for the book written by Mr. Isaac Long Terrell "Old Houses in Rockingham County: 1750 to 1850", published in 1970. Later revised by his daughter Ann Terrell Baker.

Created By

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Create Date

December 8, 2021

Updated By

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Update Date

May 27, 2026