{"nrhp_refnum":"02000226","name":"Ross, Frank L., Farm","other_names":["Ross--Phillips Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"PA 519, 0.3 mi. N of US 40","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Bethlehem","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.131550267500074,"lon":-80.13206175571105,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic mixed farm complex with a farmhouse, barns, sheep barn, worker house and outbuildings near North Bethlehem, Washington County, Pennsylvania, listed as a district. Frank L. Ross set up the farm as a new model farmstead in 1910-11, on land previously held by the Roberts and Weir families.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is one of the most complete early twentieth century farming complexes in Washington County, with a highly complex set of buildings representing many farming types of the period. It is also significant for its carefully designed farmstead and a farmhouse designed by an architect, and for buildings such as a bungalow built as a honeymoon cottage. The farm is presented as a clear example of the county's shift from sheep and livestock raising to general farming.","narrative":"Set on rolling land west and east of State Route 519 in North Bethlehem Township, the Frank L. Ross Farm is a complete early twentieth-century mixed farmstead. Frank L. Ross acquired the tract from his father in 1910-11 and built most of the complex as new, including a two-story red brick farmhouse with a center hall and a bungalow built as a honeymoon cottage. The farm combines barns, a sheep barn, a worker's house, corn cribs and a silo that stood from about 1924 to 1962, and it is regarded as an unusually comprehensive example of the county's move from sheep raising to general farming. By 1924 Ross kept the largest flock in North Bethlehem Township, with 450 sheep, and he also ran dairy cattle, poultry, hogs, an orchard and alfalfa fields. Architect C.M. Hall designed the farmhouse, and F.M. Hixon was the builder. The farm's buildings and fields remain largely intact, and the property is significant for agriculture and architecture.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1910-1950","architect_builder":"Hall, C.M. (architect); Hixon, F.M. (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Bungalow; American Four Square","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Crops other than hay have not been grown since 1992; the Black Angus herd ended about 1960; the farm is still used for sheep raising, and the orchard is no longer extant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.150753-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000226.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000226/e7453f55e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000226/e7453f55e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_L_Ross_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:Frank_L_Ross_Farm_-_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996802","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_L._Ross_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15218372"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/ross-frank-l-farm-02000226/"}