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Built
  
1830

Opened
  
1830

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
07000216

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
29 March 2007

Rhoads-Lorah House and Barn

Location
  
1832 Old Swede Rd., Amity Township, Pennsylvania

Rhoads-Lorah House and Barn, also known as "Five Springs Farm," is a historic home and barn located in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1830, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, limestone dwelling in the Georgian style. It measures 42 feet by 20 feet. It is attached to an earlier two-story, 17 feet by 17 feet, stone dwelling, making a "T"-shape. The stone barn was also built about 1830, and measures 66 feet by 41 feet. Also on the property are a contributing springhouse, drive-through corn crib, and machinery shed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

Rhoads-Lorah House and Barn Wikipedia


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