Ridgewood Farm

Ridgewood Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Ridgewood Farmhouse, September 2013
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Location	Jct. of PA 724 and I-176, Cumru Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°17′43″N 75°53′50″W
Area	136 acres (55 ha)
Built	1809
Architectural style	Federal, Pennsylvania bank barn
MPS	Farms in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000399[1]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1992

Ridgewood Farm is an historic farm complex and national historic district that is located in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

This has eight contributing buildings and five contributing structures. They are a two-story, vernacular, Federal-style, sandstone farmhouse (c. 1810), a sandstone, Pennsylvania bank barn (1809), a sandstone summer kitchen/butcher house, a one-and-half-story, sandstone, produce storage building (1810), a ground cellar, a stone wall, and other outbuildings.

Also located 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

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

References

1. "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 Phoebe Hopkins (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ridgewood Farm" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2012.