Stupp-Oxenrider Farm
Also known as: Oxenrider Farm
Why it's listed
Along Dundore Road in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, the Stupp-Oxenrider Farm is a group of log, frame and stone buildings set in rolling hill and valley country beside a creek. The main house is a two-and-one-half story log Swiss bank house, dated to about 1784, with a Germanic three-room plan, a central fireplace and a Federal-style corner cupboard in the stube. Beside it stand a log tenant house from about 1790, a frame bank barn from about 1850 and a group of outbuildings built between about 1845 and 1940, including a smokehouse, a blacksmith shop and a spring house. The property is listed for its agricultural history and its architecture. It represents late 18th and 19th century family farms that turned to dairying in the early twentieth century, and its buildings retain original features. The farm has been worked by the same family line since 1900, and it is regarded as an intact example of a continuously operated farm.
Significance in brief: The property is argued to be significant under criteria A and C as a representative late 18th and 19th century diversified family farm that changed to dairying in the early 20th century. Its intact central chimney log house, with Federal-style corner cupboard, and its outbuildings that retain original features are presented as architecturally significant, and the farm is described as a fine example of a farm in continuous operation for about two hundred years.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 92000932, listed July 29, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Dundore Rd. NW of Robesonia, North Heidelberg Township, Robesonia |
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| County | Berks County |
| Listed | July 29, 1992 |
| Reference number | 92000932 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1784-1940 |
| Architectural style | Swiss bank house; vernacular; Pennsylvania bank barn |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Remains in agricultural use; dairy operation discontinued in 1989 and land now grows wheat, oats and hay. |
| Acreage | 93 |
| Coordinates | 40.38392, -76.15848 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 92000932.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7628914
- This listing as JSON
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