Boonecroft
Boonecroft | |
| File:Boonecroft 01.JPG Boonecroft. August 2013. | |
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| Location | Oley Line Road near Limekiln, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania |
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| 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]
History and architectural features
[edit | edit source]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]
