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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. Bibler Home.

  2. LOCATION:

    3. Two miles west of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on the west side of Warm Springs Pike.

  3. DATE:

    4. June 1797.

  4. OWNERS:

    5. Built by Lewis and Barbara Bibler in June, 1797. The date is cut in a stone block in the north gable end of the house.

    The Bibler family held it until about 1848, when Bibler is supposed to have died, then three generations of Bowmans, and lastly to J. Sharpe, the present owner.

  5. DESCRIPTION:

This house is built very substantially of native gray limestone, with walls fifteen or eighteen inches thick, partly for protection from roving bands of Indians of that time.

The building is in splendid condition, with very little repairs or changes from the original architecture.

The Exterior architecture is very plain, but substantial. It now has a gabled, metal roof and plain medium sized windows of twelve panes each and very plain cornices.

The house is oblong, about forty feet or more, with a long porch over the east side of the house, with no trimming or attachments.

6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

These people were very early settlers, migrated from Pennsylvania, built this substantial stone house, and lived and died there.
  1. ART:
  2. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant: Rev. Jos. Bowman

Court Records of Rockingham County, at Harrisonburg, VA.

 

 

 

August 18, 1937 W.A. Byerly

Bridgewater, VA