| Sinking Springs Farms | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | Roughly bounded by Church Rd., Sinking Springs Ln., N. George St., Locust Ln., Susquehanna Trail and PA 238, Manchester Township, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.0103°N -76.7425°W |
| Architect: | Dempwolf, John A.; et al. |
| Architecture: | Colonial Revival, Shingle Style |
| Added: | July 27, 2000 |
| Refnum: | 00000848 |
Sinking Springs Farms is a historic farm and national historic district located at Manchester Township in York County, Pennsylvania.
The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 17 contributing structures. The district includes the Manor House Demesne, four farmsteads, and a Radio Broadcast Complex. The manor house dates to 1900, and is a -story, Colonial Revival-style dwelling modified between 1936 and 1941.
Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893. Farmstead #3 has a -story, banked Pennsylvania German dwelling built about 1845.
Farmstead #4 has a -story, banked Georgian-plan dwelling built about 1845. The Radio Broadcast Complex includes a -story, brick Colonial Revival-style office building and four radio towers, and used as a radio station from the 1940s until 1990.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.