United States historic place
Quiet Valley Farm | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district | |
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Location | Southwest of Stroudsburg off U.S. Route 209, Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°57′25″N 75°15′03″W / 40.95694°N 75.25083°W / 40.95694; -75.25083 |
Area | 72 acres (29 ha) |
Built | 1765 |
Architectural style | Bank Barn Style |
NRHP reference No. | 73001642 |
Added to NRHP | April 23, 1973 |
The Quiet Valley Farm is an historic, American working farm that is operated as an open-air museum. Open seasonally, costumed interpreters operate the farm and explain family life from the 1760s to 1913.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
History and notable features
The farm is a national historic district located in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It includes nine contributing buildings that were located on a homestead that was purchased by Johan Peter Zepper (Topper) in 1765. It remained in the Zepper family until 1958, and is now operated as a nineteenth-century, living history farm known as the Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm.
Contributing buildings are the main house (c. 1765), the springhouse (c. 1765), a bank barn (1850), the frame wash house, a fruit drying house, a smoke house, an ice house, a storage shed, and a wagon shed.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes William Watson (October 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Quiet Valley Farm" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
External links
- Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - official website
- Open-air museums in Pennsylvania
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Houses in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- Museums in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- Farm museums in Pennsylvania
- History of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Pennsylvania