Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 06/15/1982
NRHP Listing Date 09/16/1982
NRHP Reference Number 82004555
Governor Alexander Spotswood brought a group of German immigrants to Germanna in Orange County in 1714 to mine and refine ore from his iron mines. The first party of colonists included mechanics from the Nassau-Siegen district of Westphalia. In 1718 twelve families, dissatisfied with conditions at Germanna, acquired a warrant for lands twelve miles north near the Fauquier County village of Midland. The site of the 1721 Tilman Weaver House and the adjacent Germantown Tavern site are the only identified archaeological remains of the settlement. The stones of the Weaver House chimney remain scattered amid the undergrowth. The ca. 1721 house site, together with the remains of the ca. 1780 tavern, should yield information about the home life of this early immigrant ethnic group.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: March 7, 2021
