{"nrhp_refnum":"92000399","name":"Ridgewood Farm","other_names":["Dick,Jacob,Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of PA 724 and I-176, Cumru Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seyfert","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.294952007000035,"lon":-75.89687676981617,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ridgewood Farm is a working farmstead and district of about 136 acres on Route 724 in Cumru Township near Seyfert, Berks County, Pennsylvania, along the Schuylkill River. Its core is a group of red sandstone farm buildings dating from about 1809 to 1811, built for Jacob Dick.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a good example of a fashionable farm of the 1790-1839 agricultural prosperity period in Berks County, with an unusually intact Federal-style house and a rare triple-decker barn. Its farm buildings, field pattern and landscape are said to survive largely unchanged, and its location near Reading is presented as a threat to continued farm use.","narrative":"Red sandstone farm buildings dating from 1809 to 1811 form the core of Ridgewood Farm, a 136-acre working farm beside the Schuylkill River in Cumru Township, Berks County. Jacob Dick, who owned the farm from 1806 to 1858, built a barn, a vaulted produce storage building, a house with a side-hall plan and a summer kitchen in this period. The main house wing is in the Federal style, with a pedimented doorway and interior features that the nomination describes as largely unaltered. The barn is a triple-decker design with ramps at two levels, a type regarded as uncommon in the county. The farm was held by the Dick family until 1947 and later passed to several owners and tenants. Its surviving fields and fence-row pattern are also cited as reasons for listing, along with its archaeological interest.","period_of_significance":"1809-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Working farm; the house's main wing is described as unoccupied, and the farm is rented to tenant farmers.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.836986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000399.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000399/34124687c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000399/34124687c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridgewood_Farmhouse_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:Ridgewood_Farmhouse_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992306","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgewood_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7332847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/ridgewood-farm-92000399/"}