{"nrhp_refnum":"94001060","name":"Davis, David, Farm","other_names":["Summers,Christian,Farm","Martin,John,Farm","071-14-0021","071-14-0"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"737 Spruce Rd., Earl Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Holland","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.122578578500054,"lon":-76.07906599574346,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on irregular limestone-plain farmland, comprising an evolutionary stone and frame farmhouse, a Classic Sweitzer stone bank barn, a springhouse, two tobacco barns, outbuildings and a family burial ground. The farm was originated by Welsh settler David Davis circa 1730.","why_significant":"The farm is argued to be significant under Criteria A and C as an excellent example of the evolutionary Lancaster County farm, shaped by successive owners of differing cultural groups. The farmhouse is described as a rare surviving vestige of early Welsh settlement, later remodeled by Pennsylvania German owners, and the intact farmstead illustrates both its Welsh origins and later Amish and Mennonite influence.","narrative":"Along a farm lane in the limestone plain of central Lancaster County, the David Davis Farm is a working farmstead whose buildings were added to over more than two centuries. The original two-story stone house dates to about 1750, with a remodeling in 1787 and stone and frame additions from about 1815 to about 1890. The Classic Sweitzer stone bank barn is dated to about 1780, and a stone springhouse to about 1800. The farm was patented to David Davis, a Baptist from Cardiganshire, Wales, and later owned by Amish and Mennonite families, notably the Martins, who held it from 1796 into the twentieth century. Its significance lies in how clearly the layered construction records these successive groups. The family burial ground holds about fifty gravestones within an iron fence.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1750-1945","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania German vernacular; Classic Sweitzer bank barn; restrained vernacular Federal style in the circa 1815 addition","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The farmhouse is in generally good condition and its original portion is undergoing rehabilitation; the barn, springhouse and outbuildings are in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.875099-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/94001060.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001060/0f6c9c49a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001060/0f6c9c49a8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:737_Spruce_LanCo_Stone_Barn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:737_Spruce_LanCo_Stone_Barn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993129","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5232865"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/davis-david-farm-94001060/"}