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Reiff Farm

Coordinates: 40°22′55″N 75°48′30″W / 40.38194°N 75.80833°W / 40.38194; -75.80833
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Reiff Farm
House and outbuilding
Reiff Farm is located in Pennsylvania
Reiff Farm
Reiff Farm is located in the United States
Reiff Farm
LocationSouthwest of Oley on Township 454, Oley Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°22′55″N 75°48′30″W / 40.38194°N 75.80833°W / 40.38194; -75.80833
Arealess than one acre
Built byReiff, Conrad, III
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.82003759[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1982

The Reiff Farm is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

History and architectural features

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The main farmhouse is a 2+12-story, five-bay by two-bay, Georgian-style dwelling built from fieldstone. The property includes a 2+12-story, log house that may have been built between 1742 and 1800, but possibly as early as 1709, along with a variety of outbuildings. Outbuildings include an implement shed and workshop, a pig barn, a combination spring house and smokehouse, a summer kitchen and bake oven, an ice house, and a combination butcher shop and blacksmith shop (1742). Six of the outbuildings have red clay tile roofs.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Kurtz and E. Garrett Brinton (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reiff Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.