Johannes Harnish Farmstead

Johannes Harnish Farmstead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Woodfield Crossing, 202, West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°00′05″N76°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 No.	99000327 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1999

The Johannes Harnish Farmstead is an historic American home and farm that is located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This 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 eighteenth century), and a frame tobacco shed (c 1925). Also located on the property are the ruins of a stone bank barn from the nineteenth century and the remains of the family burial ground dating to the eighteenth century. The farmhouse was built in 1774, and is a two-and-one-half-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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. David B. Schneider (October 1998). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Harnish, Johannes, Farmstead. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)