Siegfried's Dale Farm
Siegfried's Dale Farm | |
 John and Catherina Siegfried House, September 2013. | |
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| Location | 611 Siegfriedale Road, Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°32′58″N 75°43′23″W / 40.54944°N 75.72306°WCoordinates: 40°32′58″N 75°43′23″W / 40.54944°N 75.72306°W |
| Area | 37 acres (15 ha) |
| Built | 1790, 1819, 1827, 1906 |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003115[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 1984 |
Siegfried's Dale Farm, also known as the Rodale Research Center or Rodale Institute, is a historic home and farm complex located in Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania. The property includes 13 contributing buildings and a contributing structure and three houses built between 1790 and 1827, the John and Catherina Siegfried Bank barn (1819, 1905), calving barn (c. 1900), two small barns (c. 1860 and c. 1900), corn crib, Henry Siegfried Bank barn (mid-19th century), spring and rendering house (c. 1790 and c. 1880), one-story brick school house (1906), smokehouse (c. 1820), and carriage house (c. 1880). The John and Catherina Siegfried house (1790) is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, rubble stone house with a slate gable roof. The Henry Siegfried house (1827) is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, rubble stone house in the Georgian style. The Johannes Siegfried house (1790) is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, sided rubble stone dwelling with a three-bay Victorian porch.[2]
Moravian settler Johannes Siegfried acquired the property in 1732. It remained in the Siegfried family until being acquired in 1971 by The Rodale Institute.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Gallery
Henry Siegfried Barn
Johannes and Gertraud Siegfried House
John and Catherina Siegfried Barn
Calving barn
Bell at path to barnyard
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Victorian Porch website
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Siegfried's Dale Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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