Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead explained

Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead
Coordinates:40.0208°N -76.7044°W
Architecture:Georgian, Sweitzer barn
Added:July 27, 2000
Refnum:00000850

The Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead, also known as the John Rudy County Park, is an historic, American property that is located in East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

History and architectural features

This historic property includes seven stone and frame buildings that date from roughly 1799 to 1910. They are a Georgian-style house, a Sweitzer barn (1811), a summer kitchen, a corn barn, a hog barn, a tobacco barn, and a milk house.

The house, which was built circa 1799, is a two-and-one-half-story, stone dwelling that sits on a limestone foundation. It has a slate covered gable roof. Also located on the property is a hand-dug well that dates to 1799 or earlier, the foundations of a house that date to roughly 1737, and a smokehouse. The property was donated to York County in 1973, and is operated as a county park.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H086966_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead]. 2011-12-08. B. Raid. PDF. September 1999.