Ridgewood Farm
Ridgewood Farm | |
Location | Jct. of PA 724 and I-176, Cumru Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°17′43″N 75°53′50″W / 40.29528°N 75.89722°WCoordinates: 40°17′43″N 75°53′50″W / 40.29528°N 75.89722°W |
Area | 136 acres (55 ha) |
Built | 1809 |
Architectural style | Federal, Pennsylvania bank barn |
MPS | Farms in Berks County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 92000399[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1992 |
Ridgewood Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has eight contributing buildings and five contributing structures. They are a two-story, vernacular Federal sandstone farmhouse (c. 1810); sandstone Pennsylvania bank barn (1809); sandstone summer kitchen / butcher house; 1 1/2-story, sandstone produce storage building (1810); ground cellar; stone wall; and other outbuildings. Also on the property are the remains of the Schuylkill Canal that operated from 1924 to 1932, and two railroad lines.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
Gallery[]
Summer Kitchen
Vaulted building
Barn and Milk house
Barn upper ramp and Silo
Ground Cellar and shed
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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: Ridgewood Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1810
- Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- 1809 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Berks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs