{"nrhp_refnum":"92000938","name":"Schlegel, Christian, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Fleetwood--Lyons Rd., Richmond Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fleetwood","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.45933961500006,"lon":-75.82170899842382,"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 136-acre working farm east of Fleetwood in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the limestone Great Valley, with a 1789 stone farmhouse, an 1887 bank barn, and related outbuildings. The district contains twenty resources, eleven of them buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm represents late 18th and 19th century diversified family farms that shifted to dairying in the early 20th century. It is also described as unusual for having been passed down through one family since the settlement period, with a well-preserved set of farm buildings, including a stone wagonshed with finely coursed masonry.","narrative":"Located east of Fleetwood in the limestone Great Valley of Berks County, this working farm centers on a two-bay stone farmhouse dated 1789 and a frame bank barn built in 1887, with its roof rebuilt in 1947 on the original stone gable walls. The farmstead includes a stone summer kitchen, a stone ground cellar, a smoke house, and a stone wagonshed with carefully coursed masonry, along with sheds, privies, and chicken houses. The farm was worked by a family that acquired the land in 1738 and has been passed down through the same family without deeds or recorded sales. The nomination regards it as an example of the diversified family farm that turned to dairying in the early twentieth century. Its long unbroken agricultural use and well-kept buildings make it one of the best-preserved farms of its type in the county.","period_of_significance":"1789-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Vernacular House; Pennsylvania Bank Barn","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"In continuous agricultural use by the same family; the present owner operates it as a working farm with dairy cows and crops.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.962086-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000938.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000938/5259fb4c4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000938/5259fb4c4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"PattiParker","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Schlegel_Farm_4.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">PattiParker</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:Christian_Schlegel_Farm_4.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992322","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Schlegel_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5110107"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/schlegel-christian-farm-92000938/"}