Joel Dreibelbis Farm
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Joel Dreibelbis Farm Farmhouse. September 2013.
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Location | PA 143 near Virginville, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°WCoordinates: 40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°W |
Area | 181 acres (73 ha) |
Built | 1868 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP Reference # | 89001820 |
Added to NRHP | October 30, 1989 |
Joel Dreibelbis Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has 13 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures. They include a 2 1/2-story, brick vernacular Federal-style farmhouse (1868); 1 1/2-story, summer kitchen (c. 1870); 1 1/2-story, stone and frame combination smokehouse / wash house / storage cellar (1882); stone ice house (c. 1875); frame Pennsylvania bank barn on a stone foundation (1908); wagon shed / corn crib; and farm related outbuildings. The property also includes an abandoned limestone quarry and abandoned railroad bed and bridge.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Farm entrance
Barn
Wagon shed/corn crib
Ice house ruins
Farmhouse backyard, summer kitchen and smoke house