The Lahr Farm is an historic home and farm complex that is located in Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was originally owned by a wealthy Quaker ironmaster William Branson and part of his Reading Furnace estate.[2]
Lahr Farm | |
 Lahr Farm, March 2011 | |
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| Location | East of Elverson on Pennsylvania Route 23, Warwick Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°09′39″N 75°46′10″W / 40.16083°N 75.76944°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002199[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1979 |
History and architectural features
editThe farm has three contributing buildings; the main house, bank barn, and wash hour or latchen. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay by two-bay, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. The farm was inherited by Branon's grandson a wealthy ironmaster Samuel Van Leer. The Van Leer Family's original surname spelling was Von Lahr.[3] The farm remained in the Lahr family from 1834 to 1938.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Lahr Farm History". Living Places.
- ^ "Van Leer Family Europe". Van Leer Archives.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Estelle Cremers and J. Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Lahr Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.