Keim Homestead Floor Plans Readnig Eagle

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Keim homestead floor plans readnig eagle.

Below is the nomination application. The keim homestead is nationally significant as an exceptionally illustrative and intact example of early german american domestic vernacular architecture. Looking forward to seeing the johannes keim descendants on july 15th at the keim homestead. The keim homestead is a historic farm on boyer road in pike township berks county pennsylvania it was built in 1753 for jacob keim and his wife magdalena hoch on land given to the couple by her father.

The accompanying maps and photos will be added soon. Johannes keim was the first settler to stake out a claim in the oley valley according to the trust. In three centuries his family has branched out over the country becoming lawyers and preachers merchant chiefs and doctors presidents of railroads and banks and ambassadors and army generals according to a 1972 reading eagle article. Jacob was the son of johannes keim who immigrated from germany in 1689 and scouted the pennsylvania countryside for land that was similar in richness to the soil from the black forest of germany.

Keim farmstead is on the right hand side of the road. The house has a minimally altered germanic kuche stube kammer floor plan and the ancillary building is a rare surviving example of a stove room plan laid out for pre revolution craft shop use. The jacob keim homestead was designated a national historic landmark on january 11 2017. Turn right onto boyer road and proceed approximately 500 yards.

Keim homestead nhl nomination. Evidence of an early wood turner s lathe survives. Proceed to boyer road.