| Lahr Farm | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Lahr Farm, March 2011 | |
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| Location | East of Elverson on Pennsylvania Route 23, Warwick Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°09′39″N 75°46′10″W / 40.16083°N 75.76944°W / 40.16083; -75.76944 |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002199 |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1979 |
The Lahr Farm is an historic home and farm complex that is located in Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was originally owned by a wealthy Quaker ironmaster William Branson and part of his Reading Furnace estate.
History and architectural features
The farm has three contributing buildings; the main house, bank barn, and wash hour or latchen. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay by two-bay, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. The farm was inherited by Branon's grandson a wealthy ironmaster Samuel Van Leer. The Van Leer Family's original surname spelling was Von Lahr. The farm remained in the Lahr family from 1834 to 1938.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Lahr Farm History". Living Places.
- "Van Leer Family Europe". Van Leer Archives.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Estelle Cremers and J. Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Lahr Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.
