Y

Photograph

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Rocktown History

Name/Title

Y

Entry/Object ID

Photo4980.66

Description

The Peter Acker House. 1818. This house is located on Linville Creek in 1818 of locally fired brick laid in Flemish bond on all four sides. Andrew Brown was on one of the chimneys .It began as an L shaped house with an extension to the east but removed. It has a beautiful Hessian Mantel with hand carved medallions and reeding.The second floor has two rooms. There is a fort cellar underneath the house.

Collection

Collection 002

Acquisition

Accession

22.10

Source or Donor

Ms. Ann T. Baker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1818

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