{"nrhp_refnum":"98000901","name":"Newmyer, Peter and Jonathan, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3165 Richey Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bullskin Township","county":"Fayette County","state":"PA","lat":40.07591684350007,"lon":-79.55885980672926,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead of about 54 acres on the east side of Richey Road in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, containing a brick Federal style main house, a stone German bank barn, and several outbuildings set into a sloping hillside.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a strong and well-preserved example of late eighteenth and nineteenth century rural architecture and farming practice in southwestern Pennsylvania, associated with German immigrant farmers. Its stone Pennsylvania barn is described as perhaps unique in Fayette County and rare in the region. The farm remained in family ownership and continuous operation through the period of significance.","narrative":"Set into a hillside east of Richey Road in Bullskin Township, the Newmyer Farm combines a brick Federal style house and a stone bank barn with several historic outbuildings. Peter Newmyer, a German-born farmer, began acquiring the land in January 1794, eventually assembling more than 400 acres. The barn is dated to about 1794 to 1798, and the main house to about 1812 to 1822. The house has a center hall plan, a fanlight doorway with fluted pilasters and fretwork, and carved mantels in its dining room and parlors. The property is valued for its architecture and for its record of family farming. Jonathan Newmyer, Peter's son, acquired the farm in 1837 after a contract arrangement that kept the land intact within the family. The farm remained in continuous family operation through 1947. Its stone barn is regarded as rare in southwestern Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"1794-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic buildings are described as in good integrity; the document does not state current use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.98603-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/98000901.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000901/cf9ec73d26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000901/cf9ec73d26-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_and_Jonathan_Newmyer_Farm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Peter_and_Jonathan_Newmyer_Farm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Jonathan_Newmyer_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177868"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/newmyer-peter-and-jonathan-farm-98000901/"}