Longland, also known as the Margaret Mead Farmstead, is a historic home located near Holicong, in Buckingham Township,

Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the Englis ...

. The house was built in 1845, and is a large 2 3/4-story, five bay by two bay,

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ed stone dwelling. It has

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design details and features an ornate entranceway with rectangular transom and sidelights. Also on the property is a three-story, stone bank barn dated to 1844. It has an attached one-story stone ell. Other contributing buildings are a two-story, wood-frame wagon house and woodshed / garage that abuts the house. It was a childhood home of American

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Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard Co ...

(1901-1978). Her family purchased the property in 1912 and sold it in 1926. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1999.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival houses in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1845 Houses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania {{BucksCountyPA-NRHP-stub