Joel Dreibelbis Farm

Joel Dreibelbis Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Joel Dreibelbis Farm Farmhouse. September 2013.
Location	PA 143 near Virginville, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°WCoordinates: 40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°W
Area	181 acres (73 ha)
Built	1868
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	89001820[1]
Added to NRHP	October 30, 1989

Joel Dreibelbis Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has 13 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures. They include a 2 1/2-story, brick vernacular Federal-style farmhouse (1868); 1 1/2-story, summer kitchen (c. 1870); 1 1/2-story, stone and frame combination smokehouse / wash house / storage cellar (1882); stone ice house (c. 1875); frame Pennsylvania bank barn on a stone foundation (1908); wagon shed / corn crib; and farm related outbuildings. The property also includes an abandoned limestone quarry and abandoned railroad bed and bridge.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

Gallery

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  Farm entrance
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  Barn
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  Wagon shed/corn crib
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  Ice house ruins
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  Farmhouse backyard, summer kitchen and smoke house

References

1. 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 Louise Emery (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Joel Dreibelbis Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.