{"nrhp_refnum":"01000603","name":"Parkinson, Robert, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 18, 0.4 mi. N of Old Concord Village","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morris Township","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.01234991350006,"lon":-80.33323667989387,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 123-acre farm in the valley of Short Creek at the southern edge of Morris Township, south-central Washington County, Pennsylvania, near the Greene County line. It includes a farmhouse, a 1830 banked barn, a sheep barn, a spring house, a privy, and surrounding pastures, hay fields and wood lots.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a strong example of Washington County's most important agricultural theme, sheep raising, and that its fields, buildings and layout changed little through the first half of the twentieth century. It is described as representative of early sheep farming patterns and of the early Greek Revival-influenced farmhouse type in the Morris Township settlement area.","narrative":"Built around 1830 in the Short Creek valley of Morris Township, Washington County, the Parkinson Farm covers 123 acres of pastures, hay fields and wood lots arranged much as they were historically. The farmstead includes a five-bay, center-passage farmhouse in a restrained Greek Revival style, a 1830 banked barn with a stone foundation and pegged frame, a sheep barn added about 1870, and a spring house. Robert Parkinson acquired the land in 1821, and his son Robert W. Parkinson expanded the holding and raised a large flock during the late nineteenth century. The farm is regarded as a rare example of an early sheep farm whose physical components changed little as the county moved toward stock raising and later dairy farming. Washington County was the leading sheep-farming county in the nation for much of the nineteenth century, and the farm reflects that regional economy. Its buildings and field layout document the transition from wheat to wool production.","period_of_significance":"C. 1830-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The farm was primarily a sheep farm until about 1960, when farming stopped for over a decade; hay fields are currently used by other farmers and the pasture is overgrown in places.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.671379-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/01000603.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000603/30d0d954fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000603/30d0d954fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Parkinson_Farm_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Parkinson_Farm_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996622","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Parkinson_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7348294"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/parkinson-robert-farm-01000603/"}