{"nrhp_refnum":"72001090","name":"Boone, Daniel, Homestead Site and Bertolet Cabin","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 mi. N of Birdsboro, Albany Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Birdsboro","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.29370172050005,"lon":-75.80326942867791,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story fieldstone house on the Daniel Boone Homestead grounds near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, with a porch across part of the front and two chimneys holding three fireplaces. The Bertolet Cabin, a log structure moved to the grounds, is also included in the nomination.","why_significant":"The house is associated with Daniel Boone, who is said to have been born on this site in 1734. Its east end is built over the foundations of the original log cabin, and research during restoration confirmed the cabin's remains beneath part of the present house, which dates from the last half of the 18th century. The property was acquired by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1937 and restored and furnished with 18th century Pennsylvania antiques.","narrative":"Two-story fieldstone house near Birdsboro in Berks County, with a porch across part of the front, two chimneys holding three fireplaces, and stone walls about eighteen inches thick. Its east end sits over the foundations of a log cabin where Daniel Boone was born in 1734. A stone addition was made to the cabin by the Maugridge family, who had bought the property from Squire Boone when he moved south toward North Carolina in 1750. Samuel DeTurk purchased the farm in 1770, and his family later removed the log cabin to enlarge the stone house. Excavation during restoration found the original cabin beneath part of the present house, which dates from the last half of the 18th century. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission acquired the house in 1937, restored it, and furnished it with 18th century Pennsylvania antiques. It is now operated as a historic shrine and museum, and the property also includes the Bertolet Cabin, moved to the grounds from a site nearby.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and used as a historic shrine and museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.307707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001090.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001090/7e207c101c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001090/7e207c101c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cabin_at_D_Boone_site_BerksCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:Cabin_at_D_Boone_site_BerksCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994686","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216621"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/boone-daniel-homestead-site-and-bertolet-cabin-72001090/"}