Windom Mill Farm
United States historic place
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The Windom Mill Farm is an historic, American farm and national historic district located in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Manor Township, Pennsylvania
Windom Mill Farm | |
Farmhouse | |
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| Location | 3407 Blue Rock Rd., Manor Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°0′27.504″N 76°24′6.045″W |
| Area | 106 acres (43 ha) |
| Built | c. 1780, c. 1800, c. 1810, c. 1890 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Pennsylvania-style farmhouse |
| MPS | Historic Farming Resources of Lancaster County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001062[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 1994 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
History and architectural features
This district includes twelve contributing buildings and one contributing site. They are the main farmhouse, a stone end Pennsylvania bank barn (c. 1800), a mill (1810), the miller's house, a former tavern that is now a dwelling (c. 1810), two tobacco sheds (c. 1890, c. 1900), a frame corn barn (c. 1890), a garage (c. 1945), a milk house (c. 1890), a pigpen (c. 1890), and a former carriage house (c. 1890). The contributing site is the remains of the family cemetery. The farmhouse was built circa 1780 and is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay by two-bay, limestone dwelling with a full-width front porch. It was designed in the Federal style.[2]