{"nrhp_refnum":"92000933","name":"Grand View Dairy Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Preston Rd. S of Wernersville, South Heidelberg Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wernersville","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.31719202700006,"lon":-76.08522871821796,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A dairy farm district at the base of South Mountain near Wernersville in Berks County, Pennsylvania, comprising a farmhouse of 18th and 19th century sections, a stone smokehouse, summer kitchen, and a large 1849 and 1901 banked dairy barn with cupolas and dormers. The farm covers about 100 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant in agriculture and architecture under Criteria A and C as a representative late 18th to 20th century diversified family farm that shifted to dairying in the early twentieth century. The 1901 dairy barn is presented as a culmination of the Pennsylvania standard barn with advanced ventilation, automatic waterers and a built-in silo, and it is said to be little altered since its enlargement.","narrative":"Grand View Dairy Farm lies on the slope of South Mountain near Wernersville, Berks County, with about 100 acres of which 85 are tillable. Its farmhouse was built in three sections, with the earliest part dating to the late 18th century, and a stone smokehouse of the same period stands among the farmstead buildings. John Wenrich built the original section of the barn in 1849 using red sandstone, and a 1901 enlargement produced a 176-foot dairy barn with five cupolas, dormers for ventilation and a stable holding 65 cows. The barn is regarded as one of the most advanced dairy facilities of its period in the county, relying on gravity-fed water and air-current ventilation. The farm is significant for showing the change from a family maintenance farm to a dairy operation in the early twentieth century, and for its well-preserved buildings spanning 200 years.","period_of_significance":"1790-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania standard barn; vernacular house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still operated as a working dairy farm by the Schaeffer family; the 1901 barn remains in use with its original plan and equipment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.058098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000933.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000933/32bb1bdaa9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000933/32bb1bdaa9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_View_Dairy_Farm_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:Grand_View_Dairy_Farm_Farmhouse_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992316","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_View_Dairy_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5595231"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/grand-view-dairy-farm-92000933/"}