Sinking Springs Farms

Sinking Springs Farms

Barn off Sinking Springs Road
Location Roughly bounded by Church Rd., Sinking Springs Ln., N. George St., Locust Ln., Susquehanna Trail and PA 238, Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°00′37″N 76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°W / 40.01028; -76.74250Coordinates: 40°00′37″N 76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°W / 40.01028; -76.74250
Area 660.7 acres (267.4 ha)
Architect Dempwolf, John A.; et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Shingle Style
NRHP Reference # 00000848[1]
Added to NRHP July 27, 2000

Sinking Springs Farms is a historic farm and national historic district located at Manchester Township in York County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 17 contributing structures. The district includes the Manor House Demesne, four farmsteads, and a Radio Broadcast Complex. The manor house dates to 1900, and is a  2 1⁄2-story, Colonial Revival-style dwelling modified in 1936-1941. Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by noted architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893. Farmstead #3 has a  3 1⁄2-story, banked Pennsylvania German dwelling built about 1845. Farmstead #4 has a  3 1⁄2-story, banked Georgian-plan dwelling built about 1845. The Radio Broadcast Complex includes a  2 1⁄2-story, brick Colonial Revival-style office building and four radio towers, and used as a radio station from the 1940s until 1990.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Raid (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sinking Springs Farms" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-28.


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