The Stupp–Oxenrider Farm is an historic, American farm complex and national historic district that is located in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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| Location | Dundore Road northwest of Robesonia, North Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°W |
| Area | 93 acres (38 ha) |
| Built | c. 1784, c. 1790, c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Swiss bank house |
| MPS | Farms in Berks County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000932[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 29, 1992 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
History and architectural features
editThis district has nine contributing buildings, one contributing site, and four contributing structures. They include a 2+1⁄2-story, log Swiss bank house (c. 1784), a two-story, log, tenant/grandfather's house (c. 1790), and a frame Pennsylvania bank barn (c. 1850). The remaining buildings include a stone summer kitchen/butcher house, a smokehouse, a blacksmith's shop, a wagon shed, a milk house, and an privy. The contributing structures are a chicken house, a brooder house, a pole shed, and a roofed spring. The contributing site is a limestone quarry.[2]
The original owners of the farm were ethnic German Swiss Mennonites. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
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 Mary Ellen Lash (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stupp–Oxenrider Farm" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2012.