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Windom Mill Farm

Coordinates: 40°0′27.504″N 76°24′6.045″W / 40.00764000°N 76.40167917°W / 40.00764000; -76.40167917
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Windom Mill Farm
Farmhouse
Windom Mill Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Windom Mill Farm
Windom Mill Farm is located in the United States
Windom Mill Farm
Location3407 Blue Rock Rd.,
Manor Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′27.504″N 76°24′6.045″W / 40.00764000°N 76.40167917°W / 40.00764000; -76.40167917
Area106 acres (43 ha)
Builtc. 1780, c. 1800, c. 1810, c. 1890
Architectural styleFederal, Pennsylvania-style farmhouse
MPSHistoric Farming Resources of Lancaster County MPS
NRHP reference No.94001062[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 1994

The Windom Mill Farm is an historic, American farm and national historic district located in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

History and architectural features

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This district includes twelve contributing buildings and one contributing site. They are the main farmhouse, a stone end Pennsylvania bank barn (c. 1800), a mill (1810), the miller's house, a former tavern that is now a dwelling (c. 1810), two tobacco sheds (c. 1890, c. 1900), a frame corn barn (c. 1890), a garage (c. 1945), a milk house (c. 1890), a pigpen (c. 1890), and a former carriage house (c. 1890). The contributing site is the remains of the family cemetery.

The farmhouse was built circa 1780 and is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay by two-bay, limestone dwelling with a full-width front porch. It was designed in the Federal style.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Heidi M. Pawlowski and David B. Schneider (May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Windom Mill Farm" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2012.