The Burnside Plantation is a plantation in

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and was listed on the

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in 1990. It is also known as the James Burnside Plantation and Lerch Farm. The plantation is located southeast of the intersection with Eaton Ave, on Schoenersville Road.

History

James Burnside bought a tract of land from John Stephen Benezet in 1748. Burnside sold a group of

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in 1751. In 1758, Burnside's widow sold the remaining to the Moravian Church. The Church leased the plantation to individual farmers from 1765 to 1845. The plantation was sold to Charles A. Luckenbach, who sold it to William Lerch in 1853. It stayed in the Lerch family until 1928, when it sold and was divided between the Hafleighs and the Birks. Lehigh County bought the plantation in 1986 and leased it into the private corporation Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites "to restore, develop, and manage tas a living and natural history resource". It was listed on the

on May 2, 1990. The museum is an affiliate within the

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program. Today the farmstead hosts a variety of events, volunteer projects, venue rentals, historic tours, and festivals. Visitors can tour the farmhouse and the barns and learn about the daily lives of the early people who lived here. No people or animals presently live on the plantation but it was home to the Bethlehem Mounted Police Unit horses from 2009 through early 2017.

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File:Burnside Plantation View 01.JPG, View on Plantation File:Burnside Plantation Farmhouse 05.JPG, Farmhouse and Summer Kitchen File:Burnside Plantation Garden 01.JPG, Garden File:Burnside Plantation Haas Barn 01.JPG, Haas Barn File:Burnside Plantation Haas Barn 03.JPG, Haas Barn File:Burnside Plantation Barn and Horsepower Shed 02.JPG, Barn and Horsepower Shed File:Burnside Plantation Barn and Horsepower Shed 05.JPG, Barn and Horsepower Shed File:Burnside Plantation Corn Crib 02.JPG, Corn Crib File:Burnside Plantation Wagon Shed 01.JPG, Wagon Shed File:Burnside Plantation Orchard.JPG, Apple Orchard

References

External links

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Official Burnside Plantation Page
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