Robert Parkinson Farm

Robert Parkinson Farm
The farm house in September 2014
Robert Parkinson Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Robert Parkinson Farm
Robert Parkinson Farm is located in the United States
Robert Parkinson Farm
LocationPA 18, 0.4 mi. N of Old Concord Village, Morris Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates40°0′44″N 80°20′0″W / 40.01222°N 80.33333°W / 40.01222; -80.33333
Area123 acres (50 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.01000603[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 2002

Robert Parkinson Farm is a historic property located in Morris Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

Designated as an historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation,[2] it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

History and architectural features

The contributing buildings are the house and banked barn (both c. 1830), a sheep barn (c. 1870), a hay shed and spring house (both c. 1880), and a privy (c. 1920). The house is a five-bay, center passage farmhouse with an attached rear kitchen; it was designed in a T-shaped floor plan. The Parkinson Farm is an example of an early nineteenth-century sheep farm, and it continued to operate as such until roughly 1960.[3]

It is designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation,[4] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Parkinson, Robert Farm". Landmark Registry - Residential Landmark/Farmstead. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Terry A. Necciai (September 20, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robert Parkinson Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  4. ^ "Parkinson, Robert Farm". Landmark Registry - Residential Landmark/Farmstead. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-08.