{"nrhp_refnum":"84003115","name":"Siegfried's Dale Farm","other_names":["Rodale Research Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Siegfried's Rd., Maxatawny Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maxatawny","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.54965293950005,"lon":-75.72330370544017,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Education","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic farmstead near Kutztown in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, consisting of stone and frame farmhouses, bank barns, a school house and numerous agricultural outbuildings on land acquired by Johannes Siegfried in 1732.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is one of the best preserved, continuously operated farmsteads in the state, documenting the development of German agricultural architecture in Pennsylvania. Its barns, including a large bank barn reputed to be the largest in Berks County, and its barnyard layout reflect German farming traditions. The Siegfried family also had wider importance through Moravian mission support and a Revolutionary War officer.","narrative":"Along Siegfried's Road near Kutztown, the farm is a cluster of houses, barns and outbuildings begun on land Johannes Siegfried acquired in 1732. The oldest surviving dwelling carries a 1790 date plaque and is built of local rubble stone with long and short corner work. Nearby stand a stone center-hall house from the early nineteenth century and a bank barn with a datestone reading 1819, enlarged in 1905 by Charles Grim, who married into the family. The barnyard buildings, including corn cribs, small barns and a calving barn, form a small court that the nomination links to medieval German farmstead planning. A model brick school house of 1906 completes the group. The farm stayed with Siegfried descendants into the twentieth century, and its buildings and layout have survived with unusual completeness. The family also produced a Revolutionary War officer who was a confidant of General Washington, and the Moravian missions of the region drew on family support.","period_of_significance":"1790-1905","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian center hall plan; Pennsylvania German bank barn","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as an agricultural research center; school building converted to an orientation facility, and the site is accessible to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.487972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003115.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003115/1c92f68ded-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003115/1c92f68ded-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_and_Catherina_Siegfried_House,_Siegfried%27s_Dale_Farm_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</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:John_and_Catherina_Siegfried_House,_Siegfried%27s_Dale_Farm_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996418","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried%27s_Dale_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7510601"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/siegfrieds-dale-farm-84003115/"}