Boonecroft | |
Boonecroft. August 2013. | |
Location | Oley Line Road near Limekiln, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°19′56″N 75°48′10″W / 40.33222°N 75.80278°W |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
Built | 1720, 1733 |
Built by | Boone, George III |
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 82003758 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 26, 1982 |
Boonecroft is an historic homestead which is located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
This historic property includes the remains of the log cabin that was built in 1720 by Quaker settler George Boone III. These remains consist of a chimney and fireplace, and are marked by a stone marker that was erected in 1925, the year after log cabin burned down. [2]
The adjacent stone farmhouse was built in 1733, and is a two-and-one-half-story Colonial English-style structure that is built from fieldstone with sandstone quoins. It has a slate-covered gable roof, and also has a one-story stone addition. [2]
Also located on the property are the contributing guesthouse/ spring house, smokehouse, and barn. The property is considered the ancestral home of the Boone family in America, which includes frontiersman Daniel Boone, grandson of George Boone III. [2] Daniel Boone was born at the nearby Daniel Boone Homestead.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Boonecroft | |
Boonecroft. August 2013. | |
Location | Oley Line Road near Limekiln, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°19′56″N 75°48′10″W / 40.33222°N 75.80278°W |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
Built | 1720, 1733 |
Built by | Boone, George III |
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 82003758 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 26, 1982 |
Boonecroft is an historic homestead which is located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
This historic property includes the remains of the log cabin that was built in 1720 by Quaker settler George Boone III. These remains consist of a chimney and fireplace, and are marked by a stone marker that was erected in 1925, the year after log cabin burned down. [2]
The adjacent stone farmhouse was built in 1733, and is a two-and-one-half-story Colonial English-style structure that is built from fieldstone with sandstone quoins. It has a slate-covered gable roof, and also has a one-story stone addition. [2]
Also located on the property are the contributing guesthouse/ spring house, smokehouse, and barn. The property is considered the ancestral home of the Boone family in America, which includes frontiersman Daniel Boone, grandson of George Boone III. [2] Daniel Boone was born at the nearby Daniel Boone Homestead.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]