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Joel Dreibelbis Farm

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Architectural style
  
Federal

Area
  
73 ha

Added to NRHP
  
30 October 1989

NRHP Reference #
  
89001820

Year built
  
1868

Joel Dreibelbis Farm

Location
  
PA 143 near Virginville, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

Joel Dreibelbis Farm Wikipedia