Sinking Springs Farms

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Sinking Springs Farms
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LocationRoughly bounded by Church Rd., Sinking Springs Ln., N. George St., Locust Ln., Susquehanna Trail and PA 238, Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°00′37″N76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°W / 40.01028; -76.74250 Coordinates: 40°00′37″N76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°W / 40.01028; -76.74250
Area660.7 acres (267.4 ha)
ArchitectDempwolf, John A.; et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No. 00000848 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 2000

Sinking Springs Farms is a historic farm and national historic district located at Manchester Township in York County, Pennsylvania.

The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 17 contributing structures. The district includes the Manor House Demesne, four farmsteads, and a Radio Broadcast Complex. The manor house dates to 1900, and is a 2+12-story, Colonial Revival-style dwelling modified between 1936 and 1941.

Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893. Farmstead #3 has a 3+12-story, banked Pennsylvania German dwelling built about 1845.

Farmstead #4 has a 3+12-story, banked Georgian-plan dwelling built about 1845. The Radio Broadcast Complex includes a 2+12-story, brick Colonial Revival-style office building and four radio towers, and used as a radio station from the 1940s until 1990. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 B. Raid (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sinking Springs Farms" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-28.