Seeds, Hugh D. and Martha S., Farm
Also known as: Eden Hill Farm
Why it's listed
Limestone farmhouse and bank barn on a 96-acre farmstead in northern Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. The two-and-a-half-story house was built about 1830 by Martha S. and Hugh D. Seeds, and it has a central passage, a full Georgian plan, six-over-six sash windows, and a basement kitchen with a large cooking fireplace. Its woodwork and original hardware remain largely intact. The bank barn, dating to about 1880, has a timber frame laid out by the square rule system on mill-cut timbers, a limestone ground level and a cantilevered forebay. The farm's five fields radiate from the house and barn along a tree-lined lane, a pattern typical of nineteenth-century Pennsylvania farms. The property is important for its well-preserved vernacular architecture and for what it shows of the diversified, market-oriented farming practiced in the region from the early nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, including the use of lime plaster and manure on the fields.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farmhouse is an intact and unusual example of a vernacular limestone house with a full Georgian plan and a basement kitchen, and that the bank barn is an intact example of its type. It also states that the farm embodies the diversified, market-oriented agriculture of nineteenth-century Pennsylvania through its buildings and field layout.
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 99000328, listed March 12, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | L.R. 31061, 1 mi. E. of Pemberton, Tyrone |
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| County | Huntingdon County |
| Listed | March 12, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000328 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1830-1948 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The document states that a frame hog pen, a drive-through corn crib and a concrete block milk house were demolished, and that the farm remains in agricultural use with cropped fields, fallow ground and pasture. |
| Acreage | 95.9 |
| Coordinates | 40.62940, -78.15150 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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 99000328.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5930485
- This listing as JSON
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