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Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

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Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The Lauer/Gerhard farmstead is a well-preserved example of a Pennsylvania German family farm. Its layout illustrates socio-historical continuity and spatial integrity through nearly 200 years, and typifies the ecological suitability which characterizes this aspect of rural folk culture...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181
Survey number: HABS PA-1954
Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1786 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1813 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1800- ca. 1900 Subsequent Work

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Date

1800
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lauer, Michael
Gerhard, Johann Peter
Kardas, Jinny, field team
Primavera, Peter A, field team
Kardas, Susan, field team
Larrabee, Edward, field team
McCauley, Hugh j, field team
Heverin, T Brian, project manager
Ton, James G, project manager
Bley, Anthony, photographer
Tatara, Richard, historian
Ericson, Jonathan White, delineator
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Location

Brownsville40.36694, -76.07639
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