Springhouse Farm Explained

Springhouse Farm
Location:2184 Springhouse Ln., Springfield, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.5289°N -75.2742°W
Built:1940
Architecture:Georgian
Added:August 8, 2007
Refnum:07000796

The Springhouse Farm, also known as the Eric Knight Farm, is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

History and architectural features

This historic house is a Georgian-style, stone farmhouse that was built circa 1808. An addition was later erected circa 1941. Other contributing buildings and structures are a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1810) with a carriage house addition (c. 1890), a stone spring house (c. 1810), a stone root cellar (c. 1810), a corn crib (c. 1895), a man-made pond (c. 1940), an outdoor oven (c. 1940), and an privy (c. 1900). The property also includes the burial site for Toots, the dog that inspired the story "Lassie Come-Home." Toots died in 1945; the burial site marker was added circa 1970. The story's author, Eric Knight (1897-1943), resided at Springhouse Farm from 1939 to 1943.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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|H141893_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Springhouse Farm]. 2012-10-01. David Kimmerly. PDF. January 2007.