Johannes Harnish Farmstead

Johannes Harnish Farmstead
Location Woodfield Crossing, 202, West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°00′05″N 76°17′11″W / 40.00139°N 76.28639°W / 40.00139; -76.28639Coordinates: 40°00′05″N 76°17′11″W / 40.00139°N 76.28639°W / 40.00139; -76.28639
Area 14.5 acres (5.9 ha)
Built 1774
Built by Sehner, Gottlieb; Bachman, John
Architectural style Penn. German vernacular
MPS Historic Farming Resources of Lancaster County MPS
NRHP Reference # 99000327[1]
Added to NRHP March 12, 1999

Johannes Harnish Farmstead is a historic home and farm located at West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The 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 18th century), and a frame tobacco shed (c 1925). Also on the property are the runis of a stone bank barn from the 19th century and the remains of the family burial ground dated to the 18th century. The farmhouse was built in 1774, and is a 2 1/2-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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David B. Schneider (October 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johannes Harnish Farmstead" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.


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