Joel Dreibelbis Farm

Joel Dreibelbis Farm
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°W / 40.518500; -75.874028Coordinates: 40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°W / 40.518500; -75.874028
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]

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


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