Lahr Farm

Lahr Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Lahr Farm, March 2011
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Location	East of Elverson on Pennsylvania Route 23, Warwick Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°09′39″N75°46′10″W / 40.16083°N 75.76944°W / 40.16083; -75.76944
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	c. 1825
NRHP reference No.	79002199 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1979

The Lahr Farm is an historic home and farm complex that is located in Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was originally owned by a wealthy Quaker ironmaster William Branson and part of his Reading Furnace estate. ^[2]

History and architectural features

The farm has three contributing buildings; the main house, bank barn, and wash hour or latchen. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay by two-bay, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. The farm was inherited by Branon's grandson a wealthy ironmaster Samuel Van Leer. The Van Leer Family's original surname spelling was Von Lahr. ^[3] The farm remained in the Lahr family from 1834 to 1938. ^[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1]

See also

• Warrenpoint (William Branson House)
• Reading Furnace Historic District

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Lahr Farm History". Living Places.
3. "Van Leer Family Europe". Van Leer Archives.
4. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved November 2, 2012.Note: This includes Estelle Cremers and J. Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Lahr Farm" (PDF). Retrieved November 20, 2012.