Springhouse Farm

Last updated
Springhouse Farm
USA Pennsylvania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location2184 Springhouse Ln., Springfield, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°31′44″N75°16′27″W / 40.52889°N 75.27417°W / 40.52889; -75.27417
Area43.9 acres (17.8 ha)
Built1940
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 07000796 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2007

The Springhouse Farm, also known as the Eric Knight Farm, is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

History and architectural features

This historic house is a Georgian-style, stone farmhouse that was built circa 1808. An addition was later erected circa 1941. Other contributing buildings and structures are a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1810) with a carriage house addition (c. 1890), a stone spring house (c. 1810), a stone root cellar (c. 1810), a corn crib (c. 1895), a man-made pond (c. 1940), an outdoor oven (c. 1940), and an privy (c. 1900). The property also includes the burial site for Toots, the dog that inspired the story " Lassie Come-Home ." Toots died in 1945; the burial site marker was added circa 1970. The story's author, Eric Knight (1897-1943), resided at Springhouse Farm from 1939 to 1943. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

Related Research Articles

Eric Mowbray Knight was an English novelist and screenwriter, who is mainly known for his 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home, which introduced the fictional collie Lassie. He took American citizenship in 1942 shortly before his death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Boone Homestead</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Daniel Boone Homestead, the birthplace of American frontiersman Daniel Boone, is a museum and historic house that is administered by the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead near Birdsboro in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is located on nearly 600 acres (2.4 km2) and is the largest site owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The staff at Daniel Boone Homestead interpret the lives of the three main families that lived at the Homestead: the Boones, the Maugridges and the DeTurks. The park is just off U.S. Route 422 north of Birdsboro in Exeter Township.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oliver Miller Homestead</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Oliver Miller Homestead, site of the James Miller House, is a public museum that commemorates pioneer settlers of Western Pennsylvania. It is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's South Park 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Pittsburgh in South Park Township.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Townsend House (Pughtown, Pennsylvania)</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Townsend House, also known as Lundale Farm, is a historic home located near Pughtown in South Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three phases. The oldest section dates to 1796, with additions made in the early 19th century, and in 1950. The main house was built in the first two phases and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, random fieldstone structure coated in stucco. It has a gable roof and a brick chimney at the west gable end. The 1950 addition is a 2+12-story structure attached at the east end. Also on the property is a stone springhouse dated to the early 18th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Arndt House and Barn</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Jacob Arndt House and Barn is a historic home and Pennsylvania barn located at 910 Raubsville Road in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The land on which the home sits was inherited by Jacob Arndt from his father, Abraham, in 1795.

The Potter–Allison Farm is an historic, American farm complex and national historic district that is located in Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Stoner Homestead</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Samuel Stoner Homestead, also known as Indian Road Farm, Bechtel Farm, and Wiest Dam, is an historic home and farm property that is located in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johannes Harnish Farmstead</span> United States historic place

The Johannes Harnish Farmstead is an historic American home and farm that is located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Davis Farm</span> United States historic place

David Davis Farm, also known as the Christian Summers Farm and John Martin Farm, is a historic farm and national historic district located at Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. They include the farmhouse, a stone bank barn, spring house, two frame tobacco barns, a small frame shed, and family burial ground. The farmhouse is an evolutionary dwelling originally built as a two-story, stone building about 1750, and extensively remodeled in 1787. Stone and frame additions were made about 1815, about 1870, and about 1890. Attached to the house is a small frame summer kitchen with beehive oven, that was once a separate structure.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ross Common Manor</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Ross Common Manor is a national historic district that is located in Ross Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Knipe–Johnson Farm</span> United States historic place

Knipe–Johnson Farm is a historic home and farm located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The property includes six contributing buildings that include: the farmhouse, the Pennsylvania bank barn, the stone springhouse, and three agricultural outbuildings dated to the 1940s. The farmhouse is a two-story, two bay by two bay, stone dwelling with stone and concrete block additions. It has a vernacular Georgian style.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Knipe–Moore–Rupp Farm</span> United States historic place

The Knipe–Moore–Rupp Farm, also known as Cedar View Farm, is an historic, American home and barn that are located in Russian Space, Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhoads-Lorah House and Barn</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Rhoads-Lorah House and Barn, also known as the "Five Springs Farm," is an historic, American home and barn complex that is located in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhoads Homestead</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Rhoads Homestead is an historic, American homestead that is located in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaiah Paxson Farm</span> United States historic place

The Isaiah Paxson Farm, also known as Burgess Lea, is an historic farm complex which is located in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Funk House and Barn</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Jacob Funk House and Barn is an historic home that is located in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Squire Cheyney Farm</span> United States historic place

The Squire Cheyney Farm is an historic, American farm and national historic district that is located in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Springton Manor Farm</span> Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

The Springton Manor Farm is an historic, American farm and national historic district that is located in Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hockley Mill Farm</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Hockley Mill Farm, also known as Mt. Pleasant Mills and Frank Knauer Mill, is an historic home and grist mill which is located in Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sharpless Homestead</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Sharpless Homestead, also known as the Radley Farm, is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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 David Kimmerly (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Springhouse Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-01.