Robb Farm

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Robb Farm
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Location11023 Hartslog Valley Road, Walker Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°29′01″N78°05′28″W / 40.48361°N 78.09111°W / 40.48361; -78.09111
Built1826, 1878
Architectural styleFederal, Italianate, Georgian
NRHP reference No. 11000202 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 2011

The Robb Farm is a historic home and farm located at 11023 Hartslog Valley Road in Walker Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3]

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The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1] [4]

History and architectural features

The Robb Farm was erected in Huntingdon County's Walker Township. Multiple newspaper classified advertisements during the 1940s and 1950s confirm that the farm was located in that township's Hartslog Valley, and that M. G. Robb frequently engaged in livestock sales and purchases. Hereford cows were among the animals mentioned. [5]

Placement of property on the National Register of Historic Places

The nomination materials for placement of the Robb Farm on the National Register of Historic Places were reviewed by Pennsylvania's Historic Preservation Board on February 1, 2011, at 9:45 a.m. at the Labor and Industry Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Also considered for National Register placement at this meeting were: the Alden Villa in Lebanon County, the McCook Family Estate and the John A. Brashear House and Factory in Pittsburgh, the Montrose Historic District in Susquehanna County, the Quakertown Historic District in Bucks County, Wilpen Hall in Sewickley, and the Tindley Temple United Methodist Church and Marian Anderson House in Philadelphia, as well as multiple historic African American churches in Philadelphia that were presented together on a "Multiple Property Documentation Form." [6]

The Robb Farm was then officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places later in 2011. [1] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/18/11 through 4/22/11. National Park Service. 2011-04-29.
  2. Ballreich, Ilona. "Huntingdon County Heritage Plan 2015," pp. 15, 76. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania: Huntingdon County Planning Commission, March 23, 2015 (cached version, retrieved online September 29, 2019).
  3. Robb Farm, in "Pennsylvania," in "Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions," in Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 61, March 30, 2011, p. 17670. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, retrieved online September 29, 2019.
  4. Ballreich, "Huntingdon County Heritage Plan 2015," pp. 15, 76.
  5. M.G. Robb Farm, in "Classifieds." Huntingdon, Pennsylvania: The Daily News, May 19, 1947, p. 11.
  6. Robb Farm, in "Historical and Museum Commission: National Register Nominations to Be Reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board," in Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 3, January 15, 2011, pp. 420-421. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2011.
  7. "Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions," in Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 61, March 30, 2011, p. 17670.