The John Rex Farm, also known as the Goodwin/Strickler Farm, is an historic American home and farm that are located in Jefferson Township in

Greene County, Pennsylvania Greene County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,954. Its county seat is Waynesburg. Greene County was created on February 9, 1796, from part of Washington County and named for Gene ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1998.

History and architectural features

The main house was built circa 1874, and is a -story, frame dwelling with a steeply pitched gable roof. Designed in the Gothic Revival style, this house was renovated in 1990, at which time a full basement was added. Also located on the property are the contributing summer kitchen (c. 1865), barn (c. 1870),

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open ...

(c. 1870),

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

(c. 1870), and a wrought iron fence (c. 1910). ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1998.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1874 Houses in Greene County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania