Jeremiah Burns Farm

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Jeremiah Burns Farm
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Location10988 Fish and Game Rd.,
Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°45′58″N77°31′47″W / 39.76611°N 77.52972°W / 39.76611; -77.52972 Coordinates: 39°45′58″N77°31′47″W / 39.76611°N 77.52972°W / 39.76611; -77.52972
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1832
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Mid 19th century vernacular
NRHP reference No. 02000065 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 15, 2002

The Jeremiah Burns Farm, also known as The Burns Place, is an historic American home and farm that are 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 the farmhouse (1832), a hewn timber frame Pennsylvania barn (c. 1900), and a small shed that date to the late-nineteenth or early twentieth-century. The property also includes the millrace and remains of a sickle mill and a line of cobblestones from the barn to the mill site. The house is a two-story, seven-bay, brick building with a central recessed double porch that was designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. Archived 2007-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Note: This includes Paula S. Reed (December 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jeremiah Burns Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.