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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. Eli Hollen Home.

  2. LOCATION:

    3. One half mile north of Dry River Bridge, on private road.

  3. DATE:

    4. About 1830-1835.

  4. OWNERS:

Built by Hollen and still in the possession of the Hollen heirs, through generations.

5. DESCRIPTION:

See form 3686, attached.
  1. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

    2. This was the original home of the Hollen family, who were very early Dutch settlers in Virginia, coming from the state of Pennsylvania. They are a very thrifty family of farmers, also very prolific, as the Dry River section is well settled with Hollens. They are substantial folks, many of them trucker on the fertile river bottoms along the Dry River.

  2. ART:
  3. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants: John and Lewis Hollen, Dayton, VA.

Rockingham County Court Records at Harrisonburg, VA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 1937 W.A. Byerly

Bridgewater, VA