Grand View Dairy Farm
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 |
| 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
The 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
Farm view from west hill
Dairy Barn
Ground Cellar
Butcher house
Farm pond
References
- "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. 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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