Van Kirk Farm | |
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| Location | Round Hill Road at Scenery Drive in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°14′27.7″N 79°51′43.09″W / 40.241028°N 79.8619694°W |
| Built | circa 1820 to 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000320[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 19, 1986 |
The Van Kirk Farm is an historic, American farm that is located in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 19, 1986,[1] it is adjacent to the Hutchinson Farm, which is also listed on the National Register.
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History and architectural features
This fairly simple frame farmhouse was built circa 1840 and was designed in the Greek Revival style. Several other buildings on the farm were built during the mid or late nineteenth century.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 19, 1986.[1] The farm is adjacent to the Hutchinson Farm, which is also listed on the National Register.
In "John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, By occupation a gatherer," according to Mary Grace Hodges (as told to her by her grandmother), Johnny Appleseed (Johnny Chapman) gathered apple seeds from the Van Kirk cider mill.
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Schmidlapp, Christina (1985). "Van Kirk Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
This page was last edited on 10 August 2023, at 01:48