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Johannes Harnish Farmstead

Coordinates: 40°00′05″N 76°17′11″W / 40.00139°N 76.28639°W / 40.00139; -76.28639
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Johannes Harnish Farmstead
Johannes Harnish Farmstead is located in Pennsylvania
Johannes Harnish Farmstead
Johannes Harnish Farmstead is located in the United States
Johannes Harnish Farmstead
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LocationWoodfield Crossing, 202, West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°00′05″N 76°17′11″W / 40.00139°N 76.28639°W / 40.00139; -76.28639
Area14.5 acres (5.9 ha)
Built1774
Built bySehner, Gottlieb; Bachman, John
Architectural stylePenn. German vernacular
MPSHistoric Farming Resources of Lancaster County MPS
NRHP reference No.99000327[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1999

The Johannes Harnish Farmstead is an historic American home and farm that is located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

History and architectural features

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This property includes a Pennsylvania German style farmhouse, a brick Pennsylvania style ancillary dwelling (c. 1860), a frame kitchen (mid-19th century), a stone springhouse (late eighteenth century), and a frame tobacco shed (c 1925). Also located on the property are the ruins of a stone bank barn from the nineteenth century and the remains of the family burial ground dating to the eighteenth century.[2]

The farmhouse was built in 1774, and is a two-and-one-half-story, rectangular, stone dwelling. It is four bays by two bays and has a slate covered gable roof with shed dormer. A one-story rear addition was built between 1958 and 1960.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[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. ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-20. Note: This includes David B. Schneider (October 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johannes Harnish Farmstead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.