Lewis Summers Farm

Lewis Summers Farm

Barn at the Lewis Summer Farm, September 2012
Location 60 Headquarters Rd., Ottsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°28′8″N 75°9′1″W / 40.46889°N 75.15028°W / 40.46889; -75.15028Coordinates: 40°28′8″N 75°9′1″W / 40.46889°N 75.15028°W / 40.46889; -75.15028
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1830
Architectural style Colonial, Other, Vernacular German Colonial
NRHP Reference # 91001124[1]
Added to NRHP August 27, 1991

Lewis Summers Farm, also known as the Whitacre Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Ottsville, Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The farmhouse was built about 1830, and is a vernacular German Colonial stone dwelling. A stone addition was built in 1866. The main section is 2 1/2-stories, four bays wide, and measures 32 feet by 28 feet. The front facade features a hipped roof portico. Also on the property are a variety of contributing farm-related outbuildings and structures.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patricia V. Whitacre (February 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lewis Summers Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.


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