Built by Hase, Phillip Area 5,300 m² Added to NRHP 23 January 1978 | NRHP Reference # 78002349 Phone +1 610-693-6000 | |
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Location 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Wernersville on Highland Road, Lower Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania Address 202 Highland Rd, Wernersville, PA 19565, USA Similar Gruber Wagon Works, Conrad Weiser Homestead, Daniel Boone Homestead, Reading Public Museum, Hopewell Furnace National | ||
Old Dry Road, also known as The Staudt Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The farm is located on a branch of Tulpehocken Creek in the Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area.
The property was first settled in 1744, and has a late-18th century "Speicher." It is a three-story, banked log building used for storage and preserving. Also on the property is a Georgian influenced log dwelling dated to 1770–1805.
The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Old Dry Road Farm is now operated as a living history farm museum. Programs are offered for school groups, and the farm complex is open to the public for special events.
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