{"nrhp_refnum":"82003759","name":"Reiff Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Oley on T 454, Oley Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oley","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.382051901500034,"lon":-75.80786980075084,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A colonial-era farmstead in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, made up of a stone Georgian farmhouse, an older log house now covered with siding, and a group of outbuildings including a blacksmith and butcher shop, barns, a springhouse, a summer kitchen, a bake-oven and an icehouse. The farm was first built on by Conrad Reiff I in the 1740s.","why_significant":"The farm is argued to be an excellent example of a self-sufficient colonial farm that worked continuously from the 1740s until 1945 and remains largely well preserved. Its buildings illustrate how a Pennsylvania family farm developed over time. The nomination also ties the farm to the agriculture and architecture of the limestone Oley Valley, where stone, lime and rich soil supported early settlement.","narrative":"Reiff Farm lies in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and preserves a complete colonial working farm begun by Conrad Reiff I. The main farmhouse is a two and one-half story Georgian structure of rough-cut fieldstone with dressed quoins, and the older log house is a two and one-half story building later covered with German siding. Around them stand a blacksmith and butcher shop, reportedly built in 1742, with a walk-in fireplace and red clay tile roof; a springhouse with a second-floor smokehouse; a summer kitchen and bake-oven; an icehouse; and a pig barn. The farm's buildings are regarded as remarkably intact for their rural setting. Its significance rests on its record of agricultural and building practice in the Oley Valley, where local stone, lime and fertile soil shaped early settlement. Reiff's forge and dwelling show the progression from trade to farming in the eighteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1742, 1815-1820","architect_builder":"Conrad Reiff I (builder)","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continuously worked as a farm from the 1740s until 1945","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.512321-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003759.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003759/de6a446b3e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003759/de6a446b3e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reiff_Farm_4_Oley_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:Reiff_Farm_4_Oley_BerksCo_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83002218","name":"Oley Township Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/oley-township-historic-district-83002218/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996849","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiff_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310066"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/reiff-farm-82003759/"}