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Boyer–Mertz Farm

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Built
  
1871, 1905

Area
  
41 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
92000937

Added to NRHP
  
9 September 1992

Boyer–Mertz Farm

Location
  
Jct. of Noble St. and Bastian Rd., Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Other, Pennsylvania bank barn

MPS
  
Farms in Berks County MPS

Boyer–Mertz Farm, also known as Angstadt Farm, is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has 9 contributing buildings and 11 contributing structures. They include a 2 12-story, brick tenant house (1871); brick-and-frame Pennsylvania bank barn (1871); and a 2 12-story, brick farmhouse (1905). The remaining buildings include a stone summer kitchen (c. 1850), three wagon / buggy sheds, a carriage shop, and privy. The contributing structures include a pumphouse, four chicken houses, five stone cisterns, and a corn crib.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

References

Boyer–Mertz Farm Wikipedia