Star Barn Complex

Star Barn Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Nissley Dr. at PA 283, Lower Swatara Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°13′25″N76°46′17″W / 40.22361°N 76.77139°W / 40.22361; -76.77139
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1872
Architect	Reichert, Daniel
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	00000845 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 27, 2000

The Star Barn Complex, also known as the John Motter Barn and Outbuildings and "Walnut Hill," is an historic, American farm outbuilding complex that was located in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, ^[1] it was dismantled in October 2015 and then moved to a site in Lancaster County for reassembly and preservation. ^{[2] [3]}

History and architectural features

This historic property includes a large barn, a pig barn (c. 1872), a carriage house (c. 1872), a chicken coop (c. 1872), a grain silo, and a milk house. The main barn, known as the Star Barn, was built in 1872, and is a five-bay, Gothic Revival-style frame building. It features an immense cupola atop a cross-gable roof. ^[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. ^[1]

Move to Lancaster County

The Star Barn was dismantled beginning in October 2015 and then moved to a site in Lancaster County, where it has been reassembled and preserved at the Ironestone Ranch in Elizabethtown. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Star Barn plans 'on track' for move to Lancaster County next year". October 15, 2015.
3. "Volunteers close to finishing historic Star Barn". Penn Live. July 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
4. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Karen Arnold (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Star Barn Complex" (PDF). Retrieved November 12, 2011.
5. "Star Barn plans 'on track' for move to Lancaster County next year". October 15, 2015.
6. "Volunteers close to finishing historic Star Barn". Penn Live. July 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.