National Register of Historic Places

Spangler-Benner Farm

Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Listed
October 29, 1992
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
92001493

About this property

The Spangler–Benner Farm is an historic farm and national historic district that is located in Mount Joy Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. This district includes nine contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The contributing buildings are the sided log farmhouse (1870), a frame bank barn (1864), a log summer kitchen (1802), a smoke house, a spring house, wagon sheds, tools sheds, and machine shops. The contributing structures consist of a wooden silo and a metal windmill, both erected in 1900. The farm has remained in continuous ownership by the same family since 1802. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Media related to Spangler-Benner Farm at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-357, "Spangler Farm Carriage House, Emmitsburg Road (U.S. Route 15), Gettysburg, Adams County, PA", 1 photo, 2 measured drawings, 2 data pages

Location

230 Benner Rd., Mt. Joy Township
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
39.74538, -77.22467

Categories

AGRICULTURE
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When was Spangler-Benner Farm listed on the National Register?

Spangler-Benner Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1992.

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Spangler-Benner Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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