David Davis Farm

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David Davis Farm
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Stone Bank Barn. September 2012
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Location737 Spruce Rd.,
Earl Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°07′23″N76°04′46″W / 40.12306°N 76.07944°W / 40.12306; -76.07944 Coordinates: 40°07′23″N76°04′46″W / 40.12306°N 76.07944°W / 40.12306; -76.07944
Area79 acres (32 ha)
Builtc. 1750, c. 1780, 1787
Architectural stylePennsylvania-German style
MPS Historic Farming Resources of Lancaster County MPS
NRHP reference No. 94001060 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 1994

David Davis Farm, also known as the Christian Summers Farm and John Martin Farm, is a historic farm and national historic district located at Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. They include the farmhouse, a stone bank barn (c. 1780), spring house (c. 1800), two frame tobacco barns, a small frame shed (c. 1940), and family burial ground. The farmhouse is an evolutionary dwelling originally built as a two-story, stone building about 1750, and extensively remodeled in 1787. Stone and frame additions were made about 1815, about 1870, and about 1890. Attached to the house is a small frame summer kitchen with beehive oven, that was once a separate structure. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 Heidi M. Pawlowski and David B. Schneider (May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: David Davis Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.