Ridgewood Farm

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Ridgewood Farm
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Ridgewood Farmhouse, September 2013
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LocationJct. of PA 724 and I-176, Cumru Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°17′43″N75°53′50″W / 40.29528°N 75.89722°W / 40.29528; -75.89722
Area136 acres (55 ha)
Built1809
Architectural style Federal, Pennsylvania bank barn
MPS Farms in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000399 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1992

Ridgewood Farm is an historic farm complex and national historic district that is located in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

This has eight contributing buildings and five contributing structures. They are a two-story, vernacular, Federal-style, sandstone farmhouse (c. 1810), a sandstone, Pennsylvania bank barn (1809), a sandstone summer kitchen/butcher house, a one-and-half-story, sandstone, produce storage building (1810), a ground cellar, a stone wall, and other outbuildings. Also located on the property are the remains of the Schuylkill Canal that operated from 1924 to 1932, and two railroad lines. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "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 Ridgewood Farm. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)