Sinking Springs Farms

Sinking Springs Farms
Location Roughly bounded by Church Rd., Sinking Springs Ln., N. George St., Locust Ln., Susquehanna Trail and PA 238, Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°00′37″N 76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°WCoordinates: 40°00′37″N 76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°W
Area 660.7 acres (267.4 ha)
Architect Dempwolf, John A.; et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Shingle Style
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 00000848[1]
Added to NRHP July 27, 2000

Sinking Springs Farms is a historic farm and national historic district located at Manchester Township in York County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 17 contributing structures. The district includes the Manor House Demesne, four farmsteads, and a Radio Broadcast Complex. The manor house dates to 1900, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling modified in 1936-1941. Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by noted architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893. Farmstead #3 has a 3 1/2-story, banked Pennsylvania German dwelling built about 1845. Farmstead #4 has a 3 1/2-story, banked Georgian-plan dwelling built about 1845. The Radio Broadcast Complex includes a 2 1/2-story, brick Colonial Revival style office building and four radio towers, and used as a radio station from the 1940s until 1990.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Raid (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sinking Springs Farms" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-28.