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John Gehman Farm

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Built
  
c. 1767, 1806, c. 1810

Area
  
35 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
92000398

Added to NRHP
  
7 May 1992

John Gehman Farm

Location
  
Township Rd. N of Harlem, Hereford Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Other, Swiss bank house

MPS
  
Farms in Berks County MPS

John Gehman Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has seven contributing buildings. They are the 2 12-story, stone and log Swiss bank house (c. 1767); stone Pennsylvania bank barn (1806); 2 12-story, vernacular stone farmhouse (c. 1810), stable, wagon shed, and privy. The Gehman family owned the farm from about 1767 to 1945. They were of German ancestry, originating in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany.

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

References

John Gehman Farm Wikipedia