Matthew Hair Farm
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Location: | Off PA 601, 1 mi. N of Boswell, Jenner Township, Pennsylvania |
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Area: | 110 acres (45 ha) |
Built: | 1817, c. 1850, 1870 |
Architectural style: | Georgian |
Governing body: | Private |
NRHP Reference#: | 96001207[1] |
Added to NRHP: | October 24, 1996 |
Matthew Hair Farm, also known as the Calvin Shaulis Farm and Fruit Crest, is a historic farm and national historic district located at Jenner Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The district includes three contributing buildings and three contributing structures. The buildings are a Georgian-inspired vernacular brick house (1817), Germanic-influenced bank barn (c. 1870), and a kitchen / spring house (c. 1850). The house is a 2 1/2-story, double pile, modified central passage dwelling with a gable roof. It features a shed roof front porch. The structures are a 20th century man-made pond, a cistern, and a windmill to pump water to the cistern.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
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