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Bucher Ayres Farm

Coordinates: 40°43′21″N 77°57′54″W / 40.72250°N 77.96500°W / 40.72250; -77.96500
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Bucher Ayres Farm
Main house
Bucher Ayres Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Bucher Ayres Farm
Location in Pennsylvania
Bucher Ayres Farm is located in the United States
Bucher Ayres Farm
Location in United States
LocationSouthwest of Pine Grove Mills on Whitehall Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, Ferguson Township, Pennsylvania, US
Coordinates40°43′21″N 77°57′54″W / 40.72250°N 77.96500°W / 40.72250; -77.96500
Area295 acres (119 ha)
Built1858
Built byGeorge Reynolds,
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian
NRHP reference No.80003453[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1980

Bucher Ayres Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex consists of the main house, a carriage shed / ice house, a smoke house, and an outhouse. The main house was built in 1858, and is in three sections. The main block is two stories and five bays wide in a traditional Georgian style. It features a three bay, Greek Revival style portico with a hipped roof.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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 November 9, 2011. Note: This includes Sarah Rose (March 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bucher Ayres Farm" (PDF). Retrieved November 7, 2011.