Y

Photograph

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Rocktown History

Name/Title

Y

Entry/Object ID

Photo4980.61

Description

The Adam Rader House. 1744. This house is located on Fort Run, west of Timberville, VA. Original log home chinked with limestone and mortar, later weatherboard. Three story building with two end chimneys of limestone skillfully laid and capped. The Raders raised eight children. On May 20,1765 Adam Rader deeded land for the Raders Luthern Church. Rader died April 18, 1773. His son, Adam then inherited the home. The house now is in disrepair.

Collection

Collection 002

Acquisition

Accession

22.10

Source or Donor

Ms. Ann T. Baker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1744

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

August 10, 2026