The Grand View Dairy Farm is an historic farm complex and national historic district, which is located in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Grand View Dairy Farm | |
 The farmhouse in September 2013 | |
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| Location | Preston Road south of Wernersville, South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°18′42.2″N 76°04′56″W / 40.311722°N 76.08222°W |
| Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| MPS | Farms in Berks County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000933[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 29, 1992 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
History and architectural features
editThe Grand View Dairy Farm has eight contributing buildings and four contributing structures: a two-and-one-half-story, log farmhouse that was built on a stone foundation circa 1790, a frame farmhouse that was erected on a stone foundation circa 1890, a frame summer kitchen that was built sometime around 1890, a smokehouse, a butcher shop, a stone dairy barn that was built in 1849, a frame dairy barn that was built in 1901, a bull barn that was erected sometime around 1910, and two frame sheds.
The contributing structures are two frame corn cribs, a ground cellar and a frame pig pen, which were built sometime around 1901.[2]
This farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
Gallery
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Farm view from west hill -
Dairy Barn -
Ground Cellar -
Butcher house -
Farm pond
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2012. Note: This includes Phoebe Hopkins (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grand View Dairy Farm" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2012.
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