Davis, David, Farm

737 Spruce Rd., Earl Township, New Holland, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Lancaster.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 30, 1994. NRIS 94001060.

7 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 071-14-0
  • 071-14-0021
  • Martin,John,Farm
  • Summers,Christian,Farm

From Wikipedia:

David Davis Farm

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 (c. 1780), spring house (c. 1800), two frame tobacco barns, a small frame shed (c. 1940), 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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993129

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