Our Sincere Thanks

As of September 22, 2024, we are no longer offering house tours.

From 2003-2024 our home was occasionally open as part of a fundraiser event designed to benefit the community and/or a non-profit organization; private tours were also conducted "by appointment only."

We have greatly enjoyed sharing our home's history with countless visitors over the past 21 years (in all that time, only twice were we unable to accommodate a tour request) and we cherish the friendships we've made through this unique experience. Those friendships, and the memory of Capt. George Chrisman, will carry on as we continue to care for our "ultimate antique."

~ Dan & Susan Pinnell

 

OUR SINCERE THANKS to the following organizations and people, some of whom are no longer with us, for their invaluable assistance, especially during the early years of our historic home ownership journey:

  • Sarah Edwards, Preservation Consultant
  • Bob and Betsy Eggleston
  • Jeff and Beverley Evans
  • Joanie Evans, Architectural Historian, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
  • Tom and Donna (Kline) Farrish
  • Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Historical Society
  • Hite Family Association
  • Mary Bob Holm (owner of the stone house 1956-2002)
  • Gene Holsinger
  • Carolyn Jackson (descendant of George Chrisman's brother Isaac)
  • Kevin J. Jones, DVM
  • Bart Kasten, Ampersand Heating & Cooling
  • Paul and Claire Klender
  • Janet and Ronald Kline
  • Ken R. Knopp (Author of Confederate Saddle & Horse Equipment)
  • Kristen Laise, Executive Director of Belle Grove Plantation (2013 to present)
  • Peter Lysy, Senior Archivist & Records Center Manager, University of Notre Dame
  • Elizabeth McClung, Executive Director of Belle Grove Plantation (1996-2013)
  • William H. McGuffin
  • Henry ("Mac") McKenney, Mint Spring, VA
  • The ladies at the Menno Simons Historical Library, Eastern Mennonite University
  • Alexandra "Allie" Orton, Researcher for NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?
  • The 2009 Poplar Forest Architectural Restoration Field School team, Forest, VA
  • Preservation Trades Network
  • Preservation Virginia
  • Jeff Price and his team at Virginia Lime Works, Monroe, VA
  • Marty Seibel, Director/Founder of Black Raven Paranormal and the BRP investigative team (Audrey Bess, Dale Chestnut, and Michael Hottle)
  • George W. Shaver, III
  • Jim and Robyn (Chrisman) Sheely
  • Shenandoah Valley Rural Heritage Foundation
  • Elizabeth ("Betsy") Coles Umstattd

 


PAST EVENTS

Home Tour of Pre-Civil War Homes on Linville Creek, Northern Rockingham County
Presented by Family & Community Education Organization
Sunday, October 9, 2005

Hite Family House Tour
Presented by the Hite Family Association & Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, VA as part of the triennial Hite Family Reunion
July 29 & 30, 2006; July 25 & 26, 2009; July 29, 2012; July 25, 2015

Architectural House Tour, “Three Centuries of Houses in Rockingham County”
Presented by the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival
Sunday, October 7, 2007

Architectural House Tour, "Domestic Architectural History of Rockingham County"
Presented for class of James Madison University's Life Long Learning Institute 
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

DAR Meeting. Luncheon & House Tour
Daughters of the American Revolution, Massanutton Chapter  
Lunch provided by Fort Harrison, Inc., Dayton, VA
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Paranormal Investigation 
Conducted by Black Raven Paranormal team headed by Director/Founder, Marty Seibel
Saturday-Sunday, January 7-8, 2012
                            
SAR
Meeting and Colonial Lighting Demonstration
Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution, Fort Harrison Chapter
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Historic House Tour
Boy Scout Troop 38 (Bridgewater, VA)
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Private Wedding
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Private Wedding
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Rosetta Stone, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of language-learning software, has used the house as a photo shoot location on two occasions. Images in our Photo Gallery are from the October 2008 shoot and are copyright of Rosetta Stone.

 

Circa 1787 George Chrisman House: A Virginia and National Historic Landmark

We are no longer offering house tours.

For more than 20 years we have enjoyed conducting private "by appointment only" house tours to countless visitors who share our interest in the personal and architectural histories of this old stone house. Although we no longer offer tours, we welcome your emails and look forward to continuing the friendships we've made through this unique experience.

Dan & Susan Pinnell
Sept. 22, 2024

gch1787@gmail.com

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