Lahr Farm

United States historic place

Lahr Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lahr Farm, March 2011

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Location| East of Elverson on Pennsylvania Route 23, Warwick Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates| 40°09′39″N 75°46′10″W﻿ / ﻿40.16083°N 75.76944°W﻿ / 40.16083; -75.76944
Area| 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built| c. 1825
NRHP reference No.| 79002199[1]
Added to NRHP| September 7, 1979

The Lahr Farm is an historic home and farm complex that is located in Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was originally owned by a wealthy Quaker ironmaster William Branson and part of his Reading Furnace estate.[2]

## History and architectural features

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The farm has three contributing buildings; the main house, bank barn, and wash hour or latchen. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay by two-bay, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. The farm was inherited by Branon's grandson a wealthy ironmaster Samuel Van Leer. The Van Leer Family's original surname spelling was Von Lahr.[3] The farm remained in the Lahr family from 1834 to 1938.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

## See also

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* Warrenpoint (William Branson House)
* Reading Furnace Historic District

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Lahr Farm History". Living Places.
3. ^ "Van Leer Family Europe". Van Leer Archives.
4. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Estelle Cremers and J. Kelly Murphy, III (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Lahr Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-20.

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