Peter Barth Farm

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Peter Barth Farm
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Location Alexandria, Kentucky vicinity
Coordinates 39°00′13″N84°22′44″W / 39.00361°N 84.37889°W / 39.00361; -84.37889
Area1.35 acres
Builtearly to mid-nineteenth century
Architectural styleVernacular
MPS German Settlement, Four Mile Creek Area TR
NRHP reference No. 83002594 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1983

Peter Barth Farm, on Lower Tug Fork Rd. near Alexandria, Kentucky, is a historic farm established in the early to mid-nineteenth century. [2] The farm complex includes a log home, stone smokehouse, and stone storage building. Also known as the Thomer Farm, It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the German Settlement, Four Mile Creek Area TR. [3]

History

Peter Barth was originally from Wallertheim, Germany. In 1857, he purchased 77 acres of land in the Tug Fork area from Charles Zennick. Barth was the son of Jacob Barth, who settled in the Tug Fork area in 1842 as one of the first German settlers in the region. [2] The Peter Barth Farm is part of a significant German settlement in southern Campbell County, Kentucky, in the Four Mile Creek Area. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Gordon, Steve C. (October 25, 1982). "Peter Barth Farm". NPGallery. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Peter Barth Farm". National Park Service . Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. "German Settlement, Four Mile Creek Area TR". National Park Service. Retrieved November 18, 2022.