{"nrhp_refnum":"79000249","name":"Turn, John, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Stroudsburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stroudsburg","county":"Monroe County","state":"PA","lat":41.058421030000034,"lon":-75.02318195799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three surviving 19th-century outbuildings (a limekiln, a smokehouse and a two-story structure called the Weave House) on the site of the former John Turn farm, about 3 miles south of Bushkill in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The main farm buildings were demolished.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cluster retains significance as relics of domestic and farm industries, such as lime production and food preservation, that were part of everyday rural life before mass production. It also cites the association with the Turn family, who acquired the land between 1818 and 1828 and farmed it for well over a century, and notes the group's value as an outdoor record of farm industries alongside a nearby springhouse.","narrative":"Three surviving outbuildings near Bushkill in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, stand on the site of a farm worked by the Turn family. The group comprises a fieldstone limekiln built into a hillside, a small rectangular stone smokehouse, and the Weave House, a two-story structure with a fieldstone ground floor and a late 19th-century frame upper story. The farm was established on land acquired by John Turn, Sr., a carpenter and general mechanic, between 1818 and 1828, and his ledger from 1811 to 1853 survives. Lime from the kiln served agriculture and mortar work. The buildings are valued as the remaining record of domestic industries that were once central to rural life. Their survival alongside the nearby springhouse is regarded as unusual, since the main farm structures were lost.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Turn, Sr.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The main farmhouse, smaller house, barn and garage have been demolished; the three outbuildings remain.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:28.801643-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79000249.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000249/b9fdd05eee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000249/b9fdd05eee-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"George A. Eisenman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Turn_Farm_barn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">George A. Eisenman</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Turn_Farm_barn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998301","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Turn_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261414"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/monroe-county/turn-john-farm-79000249/"}