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Stupp–Oxenrider Farm

Coordinates: 40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°W / 40.38222; -76.15750
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Stupp–Oxenrider Farm
Stupp–Oxenrider Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Stupp–Oxenrider Farm
Stupp–Oxenrider Farm is located in the United States
Stupp–Oxenrider Farm
LocationDundore Road northwest of Robesonia, North Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°W / 40.38222; -76.15750
Area93 acres (38 ha)
Builtc. 1784, c. 1790, c. 1850
Architectural styleSwiss bank house
MPSFarms in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.92000932[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 29, 1992

The Stupp–Oxenrider Farm is an historic, American farm complex and national historic district that is located in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

History and architectural features

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This district has nine contributing buildings, one contributing site, and four contributing structures. They include a 2+12-story, log Swiss bank house (c. 1784), a two-story, log, tenant/grandfather's house (c. 1790), and a frame Pennsylvania bank barn (c. 1850). The remaining buildings include a stone summer kitchen/butcher house, a smokehouse, a blacksmith's shop, a wagon shed, a milk house, and an privy. The contributing structures are a chicken house, a brooder house, a pole shed, and a roofed spring. The contributing site is a limestone quarry.[2]

The original owners of the farm were ethnic German Swiss Mennonites. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2012. Note: This includes Mary Ellen Lash (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stupp–Oxenrider Farm" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2012.