The Shreiner Farm is an historic, American farm and national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

that is located in Manheim Township,

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south central part of Pennsylvania. ...

. 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 v ...

in 1994.

History and architectural features

This district includes seven contributing buildings. They are a stone Pennsylvania style farmhouse, a stone Pennsylvania

bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn noted for its accessibility, at ground level, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill, or bank, both the upper and the lower floors area could be accessed from ground level, one are ...

(1828), a frame tobacco barn (c. 1900), a frame and stone summer kitchen (c. 1830), and three frame sheds. The farmhouse was built circa 1830, and is a two-and-one-half-story, four-bay by two-bay, rectangular,

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

dwelling. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1994.

References

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