Twining Farm

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Twining Farm
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Twining Farm. October 2012.
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LocationBuck Road, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°13′08.6″N74°56′22.5″W / 40.219056°N 74.939583°W / 40.219056; -74.939583
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1750
NRHP reference No. 82003766 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1982

Twining Farm, also known as the David and Elizabeth Twining Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The stone farmhouse was built in two stages. They are a 2+12-story, stone eastern section, with a later three-bay, 2+12-story western addition built in 1832. A frame wing and bow window were added about 1940. Also on the property are a contributing stable, chicken house, and bank barn complex. The farm was featured in three of four Newtown farmscape paintings by noted artist Edward Hicks (1780-1849). Hicks had resided for 10 years at the farm as the foster son of Elizabeth and David Twining. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 Mr. A. Newton Gish (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twining Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.