Robert Parkinson Farm

Robert Parkinson Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Landmark
The farm house in September 2014
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Location	PA 18, 0.4 mi. N of Old Concord Village, Morris Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°0′44″N80°20′0″W / 40.01222°N 80.33333°W / 40.01222; -80.33333
Area	123 acres (50 ha)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	01000603 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 15, 2002

Robert Parkinson Farm is a historic property located in Morris Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

Designated as an historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation, ^[2] it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[1]

History and architectural features

The contributing buildings are the house and banked barn (both c. 1830), a sheep barn (c. 1870), a hay shed and spring house (both c. 1880), and a privy (c. 1920). The house is a five-bay, center passage farmhouse with an attached rear kitchen; it was designed in a T-shaped floor plan. The Parkinson Farm is an example of an early nineteenth-century sheep farm, and it continued to operate as such until roughly 1960. ^[3]

It is designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation, ^[4] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Parkinson, Robert Farm". Landmark Registry - Residential Landmark/Farmstead. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
3. Terry A. Necciai (September 20, 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Parkinson, Robert, Farm. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
4. "Parkinson, Robert Farm". Landmark Registry - Residential Landmark/Farmstead. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2010.