Mill Tract Farm

The Mill Tract Farm, also known as the George Boone Homestead, is an historic, American house and farm complex that is located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Mill Tract Farm
Mill Tract Farm, September 1958 (HABS Photo)
Mill Tract Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Mill Tract Farm
Mill Tract Farm is located in the United States
Mill Tract Farm
LocationNortheast of Stonersville on Mill Road, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°19′30″N 75°47′26″W
Area127 acres (51 ha)
Builtc. 1728, c. 1750, 1790-1820
Built byBoone, George
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.77001124[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1977

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

History and architectural features

The original section of this historic house was built circa 1750, with a western addition built circa 1790 and rear additions completed between 1790 and 1820. It is a two-story, five-bay, L-shaped, fieldstone dwelling that was designed in the Georgian style. Also located on the property are a 2+1⁄2-story, stone grist mill (c. 1728), an early-nineteenth-century, 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone, tenant house, a large, late-eighteenth-century stone-and-frame barn, a stone pig pen, and a two-story, stone horse barn. The grist mill was purportedly built by George Boone III, the grandfather of frontiersman Daniel Boone, who received the original land grant.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes William K. Watson and Drury B. Alexander (February 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mill Tract Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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