Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer Farm explained
| Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer Farm |
| Coordinates: | 40.0406°N -77.0139°W |
| Architecture: | Sweitzer barn |
| Added: | November 15, 2000 |
| Refnum: | 00001382 |
The Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer Farm is an historic home and farm complex which is located in Washington Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
History and architectural features
This complex includes the farmhouse, which was built in 1817, the Sweitzer barn, which was erected in 1847, a summer kitchen, which was built circa 1840, and a wagon shed that was erected circa 1870. Also located on the property are a woodshed, hog barn, poultry house, and seed house, all of which were built sometime around 1920; a metal windmill which dates to 1909; and the site of an early 19th-century woolen mill and millrace.[1]
The farmhouse is a banked, two-and-one-half-story Pennsylvania German, vernacular dwelling built of rough cut brownstone. It measures forty-eight feet wide by twenty-three feet deep.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Notes and References
- Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2011-12-20. 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|H111580_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer Farm]. 2011-12-18. B. Raid. PDF. June 2000.
- Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2011-12-20. 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|H111580_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer Farm]. 2011-12-18. B. Raid. PDF. June 2000.
