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1. SUBJECT:

Funk House.

2. LOCATION:

Left hand side of Street near center of Singers Glen, Virginia.

3. DATE:

1816.

4. OWNERS:

• The original owner was Joseph Funk. In 1863 the property was handed down to his sons Joseph and John Funk.
• About 1880 it descended to Annie Lou Dodd the great-great granddaughter of Joseph Funk.

1. DESCRIPTION:

The exterior is of log now weatherboarded and has a chimney at each end, and a gabled reef. The windows are now of the modern type. At the front is a long porch.

The house is two stories high and has a rock foundation. The doors are painted. House was remodeled in 1934. The interior is pretty modern, has two old fireplace mantels. The walls are papered and painted and the floors are modern.

See form 3686, attached.

2. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Joseph Funk, born in Burke County, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2024 died at his home in Singer’s Glen, Virginia, December 24, 1862. He was a noted teacher, author, translator, compiler and publisher. His printing establishment opened at "Mountain Valley" now known as Singers Glen in 1847 is the first Mennonite printing house in America. It was kept up by himself and his sons until 1863 and then by his sons until 1878. The Ruebush Keefer Press Established at Dayton in 1878 has carried on his work until the present.

3. ART:

Photograph.

4. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: