{"nrhp_refnum":"88002374","name":"Hammerstein, Oscar, II, Farm","other_names":["Highland Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"70 East Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Doylestown","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.30992129600003,"lon":-75.11211954499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Highland Farm is a farm of almost five acres on the outskirts of Doylestown Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, centred on a three-story mid-nineteenth century stuccoed masonry farmhouse, a frame bank barn and a frame carriage house. The farm is known as the country home of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is of national significance in the performing arts because Hammerstein wrote most of his Broadway works there while living on the farm from 1940 until his death in 1960. It is linked to musicals such as Oklahoma!, which was partly inspired by experiences at the farm, and the document presents the farm as the most significant property associated with him.","narrative":"Set on a rise on the edge of Doylestown in Bucks County, Highland Farm is a group of mid-nineteenth century buildings that includes a three-story stuccoed masonry farmhouse, a frame bank barn and a frame carriage house. Wilson Malone most likely built the house, barn and carriage house during his ownership, which lasted until 1872. In 1940 Oscar Hammerstein II and his wife Dorothy bought the farm, which had been subdivided from a larger property in 1848. Hammerstein made it his primary residence and wrote most of his Broadway work there for the next twenty years, including the lyrics for Oklahoma!, whose opening song drew on his experiences at the farm. He died at the farm on August 23, 1960. The property is significant for its association with his writing career and for the changes the Hammersteins made to the house during their ownership, including the porch balustrade, fireplace surrounds and interior partition removal.","period_of_significance":"1940-1960","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.269468-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002374.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002374/6dbfa309c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002374/6dbfa309c3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Hammerstein_II_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:Oscar_Hammerstein_II_Farm_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995297","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7106028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/hammerstein-oscar-ii-farm-88002374/"}