Grand View Dairy Farm

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Grand View Dairy Farm
Grand View Dairy Farm Farmhouse 01.JPG
Farmhouse. September 2013.
Grand View Dairy Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Grand View Dairy Farm
LocationPreston Road south of Wernersville, South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°18′42.2″N 76°04′56″W / 40.311722°N 76.08222°W / 40.311722; -76.08222Coordinates: 40°18′42.2″N 76°04′56″W / 40.311722°N 76.08222°W / 40.311722; -76.08222
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1790
MPSFarms in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.92000933[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 29, 1992

Grand View Dairy Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has eight contributing buildings and four contributing structures. They are a 2 1/2-story, log and frame farmhouse on a stone foundation (c. 1790, c. 1890); frame summer kitchen (c. 1890); smokehouse; butcher shop; stone and frame dairy barn (1849, 1901); bull barn (c. 1910); and two frame sheds. The contributing structures are two frame corn cribs, ground cellar, and frame pig pen (c. 1901).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Phoebe Hopkins (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grand View Dairy Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.


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