Y

Photograph

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Rocktown History

Name/Title

Y

Entry/Object ID

Photo4980.59

Description

The Higgens House. 1848 It is located on South Main Street in Harrisonburg, VA. The walls are brick and laid in Flemish bond built by Henry R Higgens on property conveyed by Reuben Harrison to Jeremiah Kyle in 1824 and then deeded to Henry Higgens. An L shaped house with center hallway throught to the front portico. Many people haved owned this house. It is now the Tourist Information Center, Gift Shoppe, The Valley Turnpike Museum, Civil War Orientation Center and Heritage Bakery for the Harrisonburg, VA area.

Collection

Collection 002

Acquisition

Accession

22.10

Source or Donor

Ms. Ann T. Baker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1848

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