Joel Dreibelbis Farm
Appearance
Joel Dreibelbis Farm | |
Joel Dreibelbis Farm Farmhouse. September 2013. | |
Location | PA 143 near Virginville, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°W |
Area | 181 acres (73 ha) |
Built | 1868 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 89001820[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 30, 1989 |
Joel Dreibelbis Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has 13 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures. They include a 2 1/2-story, brick vernacular Federal-style farmhouse (1868); 1 1/2-story, summer kitchen (c. 1870); 1 1/2-story, stone and frame combination smokehouse / wash house / storage cellar (1882); stone ice house (c. 1875); frame Pennsylvania bank barn on a stone foundation (1908); wagon shed / corn crib; and farm related outbuildings. The property also includes an abandoned limestone quarry and abandoned railroad bed and bridge.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
Gallery
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Farm entrance
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Barn
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Wagon shed/corn crib
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Ice house ruins
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Farmhouse backyard, summer kitchen and smoke house
References
- ^ a b "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 Louise Emery (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Joel Dreibelbis Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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Categories:
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1868
- Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Farms in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Berks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs