Reiff Farm

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Reiff Farm
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LocationSouthwest of Oley on Township 454, Oley Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°22′55″N75°48′30″W / 40.38194°N 75.80833°W / 40.38194; -75.80833 Coordinates: 40°22′55″N75°48′30″W / 40.38194°N 75.80833°W / 40.38194; -75.80833
Arealess than one acre
Built byReiff, Conrad, III
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 82003759 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1982

The Reiff Farm is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

History and architectural features

The main farmhouse is a 2+12-story, five-bay by two-bay, Georgian-style dwelling built from fieldstone. The property includes a 2+12-story, log house that may have been built between 1742 and 1800, but possibly as early as 1709, along with a variety of outbuildings. Outbuildings include an implement shed and workshop, a pig barn, a combination spring house and smokehouse, a summer kitchen and bake oven, an ice house, and a combination butcher shop and blacksmith shop (1742). Six of the outbuildings have red clay tile roofs. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Susan M. Kurtz and E. Garrett Brinton (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reiff Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.