Findlay Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Peters Township in

Franklin County, Pennsylvania Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932 Its county seat is Chambersburg. Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

. The house was built between 1825 and 1830, and is a -story, five-bay rubble

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dwelling with a gable roof. It has a full-length front porch added in the early 20th century. Also on the property is a 19th-century frame barn. The property was once owned by Pennsylvania Governor and U.S. Senator William Findlay (1768–1856), who sold it in 1823. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 1983. Findlay Farm barn FrankCo PA.jpg, Barn

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1830 Houses in Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1830 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania