{"nrhp_refnum":"03001420","name":"Leaser, Frederick and Catherine, Farm","other_names":["Leaser, Frederick, Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7654 Leaser Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynn Township","county":"Lehigh County","state":"PA","lat":40.67569640500005,"lon":-75.84599835703118,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seventy-six acre farmstead on Leaser Road in Lynn Township, western Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. It includes a log cabin dating to about 1750, a 1849 stone farmhouse, an 1888 Pennsylvania bank barn and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant for its association with agriculture in Lehigh County across seven generations of the Leaser family, and for its buildings as an example of a Lehigh County farmstead reflecting Pennsylvania German culture. It connects the family to the 1777 removal of bells from Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War.","narrative":"Located on Leaser Road in Lynn Township, western Lehigh County, this farmstead near the foot of the Blue Mountains grew from a log cabin believed to date to about 1750. Frederick and Catherine Leaser are associated with its early development. The farmhouse, built in 1849 of coursed local fieldstone by Daniel David Follweiler, is a five-bay Pennsylvania German vernacular house. An 1888 bank barn, a 1906 wagon shed and a corn crib added around 1910 complete the complex, which the nomination describes as a typical farm enclave. The farm is listed for its agricultural history and architecture. Family tradition holds that Frederick Leaser, returning from Philadelphia in 1777, helped move bells from the city, including the Liberty Bell, to safer locations in Allentown and Bethlehem. The property was farmed continuously, and it was converted to vineyard cultivation from 1999.","period_of_significance":"c1750-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania German Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Farmhouse and buildings neglected during the 1990s lease period; buildings are unoccupied except the bank barn, which is used for vineyard storage.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.344592-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/03001420.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001420/0ed33ff3cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001420/0ed33ff3cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaser_Farm_Farmhouse_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:Leaser_Farm_Farmhouse_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_and_Catherine_Leaser_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5499176"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county/leaser-frederick-and-catherine-farm-03001420/"}