Boonecroft Explained

Boonecroft
Location:Oley Line Road near Limekiln, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.3322°N -75.8028°W
Built:1720, 1733
Builder:Boone, George III
Architecture:Colonial
Added:July 26, 1982
Refnum:82003758

Boonecroft is an historic homestead which is located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

History and architectural features

This historic property includes the remains of the log cabin that was built in 1720 by Quaker settler George Boone III. These remains consist of a chimney and fireplace, and are marked by a stone marker that was erected in 1925, the year after log cabin burned down.[1]

The adjacent stone farmhouse was built in 1733, and is a two-and-one-half-story Colonial English-style structure that is built from fieldstone with sandstone quoins. It has a slate-covered gable roof, and also has a one-story stone addition.[1]

Also located on the property are the contributing guesthouse/spring house, smokehouse, and barn. The property is considered the ancestral home of the Boone family in America, which includes frontiersman Daniel Boone, grandson of George Boone III.[1] Daniel Boone was born at the nearby Daniel Boone Homestead.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-09-15. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H050661_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Boonecroft]. 2012-09-15. E. Garrett Brinton. PDF. January 1982.