Johannes Harnish Farmstead Explained

Johannes Harnish Farmstead
Location:Woodfield Crossing, 202, West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0014°N -76.2864°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Johannes Harnish Farmstead
Built:1774
Builder:Sehner, Gottlieb; Bachman, John
Architecture:Penn. German vernacular
Added:March 12, 1999
Refnum:99000327

The Johannes Harnish Farmstead is an historic American home and farm that is located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

History and architectural features

This property includes a Pennsylvania German style farmhouse, a brick Pennsylvania style ancillary dwelling (c. 1860), a frame kitchen (mid-19th century), a stone springhouse (late eighteenth century), and a frame tobacco shed (c 1925). Also located on the property are the ruins of a stone bank barn from the nineteenth century and the remains of the family burial ground dating to the eighteenth century.[1]

The farmhouse was built in 1774, and is a two-and-one-half-story, rectangular, stone dwelling. It is four bays by two bays and has a slate covered gable roof with shed dormer. A one-story rear addition was built between 1958 and 1960.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-02-20. 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|H105311_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johannes Harnish Farmstead]. 2012-02-18. David B. Schneider. PDF. October 1998.
  2. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-02-20. 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|H105311_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johannes Harnish Farmstead]. 2012-02-18. David B. Schneider. PDF. October 1998.