Spring Grove Farm and Distillery explained

Spring Grove Farm and Distillery
Location:Northwest of Greencastle on Williamsport Pike, Antrim Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.7592°N -77.7586°W
Built:1867
Builder:Robert Johnston
Architecture:Greek Revival, Other, Transitional Greek Revival
Added:August 10, 1979
Refnum:79002229

The Spring Grove Farm and Distillery is an historic, American farm complex and distillery site that is located in Antrim Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

The house in this historic property was built in 1867, and is a two-story, T-shaped, brick dwelling that was designed in the Greek Revival style. Also located on the property are a contributing two-story, four-bay brick building that is believed by historians to have housed a cooper's shop and residence; a brick summer kitchen, a brick smoke house, a frame pumphouse, a large brick end bank barn with a slate roof, a frame wagon shed, a brick carriage house, a stone mill (1803) and the site of the Spring Grove Distillery. The distiller ceased to operate in 1920.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-02-04. 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|H000901_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Spring Grove Farm and Distillery ]. 2012-02-04 . Paula Stoner . PDF . June 1978 .