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The Christian Schlegel Farm has eleven contributing buildings, one contributing site, seven contributing structures, and one contributing object, including: a 1 1/2-story, stone farmhouse with a rear ell (1789, c. 1850); 1 1/2-story, stone summer kitchen (1789); 1 1/2-story, brick school house (c. 1870); frame Pennsylvania bank barn (1887); three wagon sheds; privy; tool shed; milk house; and ...
The farm was established by Alexander Gilfillan in the 1760s. His family was one of the first to settle in the future township, growing corn, hay, sheep and cattle. His grandson, John II, built the current farm complex from 1857 to 1868. The last building, the barn, was built in a community barn raising. [1]
A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
The farm is important in the history of organic gardening and farming in the 20th century. [2] Other buildings and structures which pre-dated Rodale's 1940 purchase include: the Pennsylvania bank barn, implement shed, corn crib, and chicken coop. [2] The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
Erdenheim Farm is a 450-acre (1.82 km 2) working farm in Springfield and Whitemarsh Townships, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located just outside the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia , it is bordered by the Morris Arboretum & Gardens to the east, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club to the south, Carson Valley School to the ...
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania (100 P) Pages in category "Farms in Pennsylvania" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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[4] [5] A Pennsylvania state historical marker commemorating Bordley was placed near the farm in 1953. [2] [5] In 1991, West Bradford Township preserved Bordley's 400-plus-acre estate as a historic site. In 2000, the property became Tattersall Golf Course, renamed Broad Run Golfer's Club in 2006. [6]