Ridgewood Farm is an historic farm complex and national historic district that is located in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Ridgewood Farm | |
 Ridgewood Farmhouse, September 2013 | |
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| 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°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 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
History and architectural features
editThis has eight contributing buildings and five contributing structures. They are a two-story, vernacular, Federal-style, sandstone farmhouse (c. 1810), a sandstone, Pennsylvania bank barn (1809), a sandstone summer kitchen/butcher house, a one-and-half-story, sandstone, produce storage building (1810), a ground cellar, a stone wall, and other outbuildings.
Also located 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
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Summer Kitchen -
Vaulted building -
Barn and Milk house -
Barn upper ramp and Silo -
Ground Cellar and shed
References
edit- ^ a b c "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 August 22, 2012.
