McCalls Ferry Farm
National Register of Historic Places

McCalls Ferry Farm

Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Listed
November 8, 2000
Type
District
Period
Modern
Ref No.
00001344

About this property

The McCalls Ferry Farm, also known as the Robert and Matthew McCall Farm, Atkins-Trout Farm, and Kilgore Farm, is an historic farm and national historic district located in Lower Chanceford Township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. This district includes six contributing buildings and two contributing sites. The buildings are the farmhouse (c. 1790), Sweitzer barn (c. 1799), frame corn barn (c. 1799), tobacco barn (c. 1875), milk house (c. 1910), and chicken house (c. 1950). The farmhouse is a banked, Pennsylvania German, vernacular dwelling built of stone and coated in stucco. It measures forty feet wide and thirty feet deep, and has a slate-covered gable roof. The sites are the stone foundation of a scale house (c. 1875) and the ruins of a small dwelling (c. 1900).

Location

447 McCalls Ferry Rd.
Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania
39.82709, -76.35630

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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When was McCalls Ferry Farm listed on the National Register?

McCalls Ferry Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 2000.

What type of historic resource is McCalls Ferry Farm?

McCalls Ferry Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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