Ridgewood Farm

Ridgewood Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Ridgewood Farmhouse. September 2013.

Location	Jct. of PA 724 and I-176, Cumru Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°17′43″N 75°53′50″W / 40.29528°N 75.89722°W / 40.29528; -75.89722Coordinates: 40°17′43″N 75°53′50″W / 40.29528°N 75.89722°W / 40.29528; -75.89722
Area	136 acres (55 ha)
Built	1809
Architectural style	Federal, Pennsylvania bank barn, Other
MPS	Farms in Berks County MPS
NRHP Reference #	92000399^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1992

Ridgewood Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has eight contributing buildings and five contributing structures. They are a two story, vernacular Federal sandstone farmhouse (c. 1810); sandstone Pennsylvania bank barn (1809); sandstone summer kitchen / butcher house; 1 1/2-story, sandstone produce storage building (1810); ground cellar; stone wall; and other outbuildings. Also on the property are the remains of the Schuylkill Canal that operated from 1924 to 1932, and two railroad lines.^[2]

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

Gallery

Summer Kitchen
Vaulted building
Barn and Milk house
Barn upper ramp and Silo
Ground Cellar and shed

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Phoebe Hopkins (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ridgewood Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.

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