{"nrhp_refnum":"91000093","name":"Strickler Family Farmhouse","other_names":["County Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1205 Williams Rd., Springettsbury Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.98788351500008,"lon":-76.65899066699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse at 1205 Williams Road in Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, built in three stages: a limestone main house c. 1740, a 2 1/2 story brick Federal wing c. 1835, and a brick Italianate ell c. 1865. It sits within a larger county-owned parcel containing county offices, a retirement home and the county prison.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the stone section is the best local example of Medieval Germanic architecture, with a steeply pitched, flared roof and gable-end window placement. It also argues the farmhouse represents the Pennsylvania German settlement of Springettsbury Township and that its successive additions by generations of the Strickler family have kept a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1740 in limestone, the main house of this farmhouse near Stony Brook in York County was raised by Ulrich Strickler, a weaver who emigrated from Switzerland and settled on land granted to him in 1742. Its steep, flared roof and the placement of its gable-end windows are regarded as the best local examples of Medieval Germanic building in the area. Brick additions followed: a Federal wing around 1835 and an Italianate ell around 1865, both built by later generations who kept the older section largely intact. The main house retains much of its original plaster, a sliding-panel door dating to about 1800, and a chair rail scar. The house is listed for its architecture, for its illustration of Pennsylvania German settlement, and for the way successive additions show the growth of one family's farmstead over roughly 200 years.","period_of_significance":"1740-1865","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial; Post-medieval German; Georgian; Federal; Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitation began in 1985 and was planned to house a county government office; the exterior phases were completed and the interior phase had recently begun.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.697408-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000093.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000093/5c91737171-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000093/5c91737171-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strickler_Farmhouse_CA_YorkCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strickler_Farmhouse_CA_YorkCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998879","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strickler_Family_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7623604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/strickler-family-farmhouse-91000093/"}