John Gehman Farm

John Gehman Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Township Rd. N of Harlem, Hereford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°28′08″N75°35′09″W / 40.46889°N 75.58583°W / 40.46889; -75.58583
Area	87 acres (35 ha)
Built	c. 1767, 1806, c. 1810
Architectural style	Swiss bank house
MPS	Farms in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000398 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1992

John Gehman Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has seven contributing buildings. They are the 2+1⁄2-story, stone and log Swiss bank house (c. 1767); stone Pennsylvania bank barn (1806); 2+1⁄2-story, vernacular stone farmhouse (c. 1810), stable, wagon shed, and privy. The Gehman family owned the farm from about 1767 to 1945. They were of German ancestry, originating in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Phoebe Hopkins (June 1991). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Gehman, John, Farm. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)