Stupp-Oxenrider Farm

Stupp-Oxenrider Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Dundore Road northwest of Robesonia, North Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°WCoordinates: 40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°W
Area	93 acres (38 ha)
Built	c. 1784, c. 1790, c. 1850
Architectural style	Other, Swiss bank house
MPS	Farms in Berks County MPS
NRHP Reference #	92000932[1]
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1992

Stupp-Oxenrider Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has nine contributing buildings, one contributing site, and four contributing structures. They include a 2 1/2-story, log Swiss bank house (c. 1784); 2-story, log, tenant / grandfather's house (c. 1790); and frame Pennsylvania bank barn (c. 1850). The remaining buildings include a stone summer kitchen / butcher house, smokehouse, blacksmith's shop, wagon shed, milk house, and privy. The contributing structures are a chicken house, brooder house, pole shed, and roofed spring. The contributing site is a limestone quarry.^[2]

The original owners of the farm were ethnic German Swiss Mennonites. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

1. 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 Mary Ellen Lash (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stupp-Oxenrider Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.