Johannes Harnish Farmstead
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
History and architectural features
This property includes a Pennsylvania German style farmhouse, a brick Pennsylvania style ancillary dwelling (c. 1860), a frame kitchen (mid-19th century), a stone springhouse (late eighteenth century), and a frame tobacco shed (c 1925). Also located on the property are the ruins of a stone bank barn from the nineteenth century and the remains of the family burial ground dating to the eighteenth century.
The farmhouse was built in 1774, and is a two-and-one-half-story, rectangular, stone dwelling. It is four bays by two bays and has a slate covered gable roof with shed dormer. A one-story rear addition was built between 1958 and 1960.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
References
- ^ "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-20. Note: This includes David B. Schneider (October 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johannes Harnish Farmstead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.
