Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm is an historic home and farm complex located in the unincorporated community of Dahmer, near

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. The original section of the house was built in 1845, and includes the -story section on the north end, with a later -story addition built about 1900. The house rests on a foundation of coursed rubble stone and is clad in weatherboard siding. It has a standing-seam metal gable roof. Also on the property are 15 log and frame contributing outbuildings. They include the cellar house, two hog pens, a stable, woodworking shop,

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(photo 10), shed,

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constructed by the

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, three small hay barns, and a large double-crib log hay barn. Also on the property is the Pitsenbarger Cemetery. The Farm is known to have had the nickname "Loafer's Glory." This was likely due to the Pitsenbarger's reputation for being hospitable, the farm's location on a trail connecting two waterways and leading toward

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, plus the hard cider and apple brandy they produced. The current property owners operate Loafer's Glory Log Cabin Resort & Event Venue as well as Dry Run Spirits, a distillery, on the premises. The Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm was listed on the

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in 2011.

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* Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Houses completed in 1897 Houses in Pendleton County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Pendleton County, West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{PendletonCountyWV-NRHP-stub