John Eakin Farm

	John Eakin Farm
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Barn on the John Eakins Farm, September 2012
Location	3298 PA 212, Main St.,; Springtown, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°33′05″N75°16′57″W / 40.55139°N 75.28250°W
Area	105.5 acres (42.7 ha)
Built	1739
Architectural style	Penn Plan
NRHP reference No.	05000100
Added to NRHP	February 24, 2005

Last updated August 08, 2023

The John Eakin Farm, also known as the Jacob Kooker Tavern, is an historic farm and national historic district that are located in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

History and architectural features

This district encompasses fifteen contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and one contributing structure, including three houses, two barns, one wagon shed, two smokehouses, one spring house, one outhouse, one garage, one milk house, one chicken house, and the ruins of an out kitchen, lime quarry, lime kiln, and two sheds.^[2]

The most notable building is the Jacob Kooker Tavern, the oldest section of which dates to 1739. A tavern occupied the building from 1761 to roughly 1797.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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 October 24, 2012.Note: This includes Kathryn Ann Auerbach (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Eakin Farm" (PDF). Retrieved October 24, 2012.

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-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 October 24, 2012.Note: This includes Kathryn Ann Auerbach (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Eakin Farm" (PDF). Retrieved October 24, 2012.

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