{"nrhp_refnum":"00001382","name":"Berkheimer, Henry and Elizabeth, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"240 Bentz Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington Township","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":40.042556295000054,"lon":-77.01224667792494,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 100-acre working farm in Washington Township, western York County, Pennsylvania, with a stone Pennsylvania German vernacular farmhouse and several outbuildings along Bentz Mill Road. The farmstead was established by Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer after they purchased the land in 1815.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a strong representative example of a typical York County farm of the 19th and early 20th centuries, under agriculture. Its built resources are also said to reflect Pennsylvania German culture and the evolution of the agricultural environment, under architecture. The farm also includes a woolen carding mill operated by the Berkheimers.","narrative":"Berkheimer Farm lies within a loop of Bermudian Creek in western York County, Pennsylvania, and was developed from 1815 by Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer, who bought the land that year. Its farmhouse, dated 1817 by a datestone, is built of rough-cut brownstone quarried from the surrounding fields, with massive quoins and a metal-shingled gable roof. The 1847 Sweitzer barn is of heavy timber pegged mortise-and-tenon construction. Henry Berkheimer operated a wool carding and fulling mill on the property, a service rare in the county at that time, and the mill was dismantled after Lewis Berkheimer closed it. The farm was sold in 1908 to Hattie and Jacob Baker, ending 93 years of Berkheimer ownership. The farm is significant for its agricultural history and its Pennsylvania German building traditions, and the surviving buildings reflect its growth from 1815 to 1928.","period_of_significance":"1815-1928","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania German vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic farm with a 1920s-era farmhouse porch and modern enclosures; the document does not state current use beyond agricultural cultivation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.805216-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/00001382.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001382/94287ccb8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001382/94287ccb8f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HENRY_AND_ELIZABETH_BERKHEIMER_FARM,_YORK_COUNTY,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HENRY_AND_ELIZABETH_BERKHEIMER_FARM,_YORK_COUNTY,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_and_Elizabeth_Berkheimer_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5730678"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/berkheimer-henry-and-elizabeth-farm-00001382/"}