Handycraft Farmstead

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Handycraft Farmstead
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Location11071 Country Club Rd.,
Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°45′49″N77°32′03″W / 39.76361°N 77.53417°W / 39.76361; -77.53417
Area14 acres (5.7 ha)
Builtc. 1790
Architectural styleHewn Log
NRHP reference No. 02000893 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 2002

The Handycraft Farmstead, also known as Ewetopia, is an historic farm which is located in Washington Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

History and architectural features

The contributing buildings are a hewn timber frame Pennsylvania barn, which was built sometime around 1840, a hewn log secondary house that was erected circa 1830, an octagonal stone smoke house, which was built sometime around 1830, and an animal barn/shed which dates to the late-nineteenth or early twentieth century. [2]

The main house, which was built sometime around 1790, has been substantially modified and is non-contributing. [2]

The Handycraft Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2012.Note: This includes Paula S. Reed (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Handycraft Farmstead" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.