Joel Dreibelbis Farm
Joel Dreibelbis Farm | |
Joel Dreibelbis Farm Farmhouse. September 2013. | |
![]() Location within Pennsylvania ![]() Location within the United States | |
| Location | PA 143 near Virginville, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°31′06.6″N 75°52′26.5″W / 40.518500°N 75.874028°W |
| Area | 181 acres (73 ha) |
| Built | 1868 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001820[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 30, 1989 |
The Joel Dreibelbis Farm /draɪbəlbɪs/ ⓘ is an historic farm complex and national historic district that are located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
History and architectural features
This district has thirteen contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. They include a two-and-one-half-story, brick, vernacular, Federal-style farmhouse (1868), a one-and-one-half-story, summer kitchen (c. 1870), a one-and-one-half-story, stone and frame combination smokehouse/wash house/ storage cellar (1882), a stone ice house (c. 1875), a frame Pennsylvania bank barn that sits on a stone foundation (1908), a wagon shed/corn crib, and farm-related outbuildings.The property also includes an abandoned limestone quarry and abandoned railroad bed and bridge.[2]
Gallery
- Farm entrance
- Barn
- Wagon shed/corn crib
- Ice house ruins
- Farmhouse backyard, summer kitchen and smoke house
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Louise Emery (June 1989). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Dreibelbis, Joel, Farm. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1868
- Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania



