Sinking Springs Farms is a historic farm and national historic district located at Manchester Township in York County, Pennsylvania.

Sinking Springs Farms
Manor house
Sinking Springs Farms is located in Pennsylvania
Sinking Springs Farms
Sinking Springs Farms is located in the United States
Sinking Springs Farms
LocationRoughly bounded by Church Rd., Sinking Springs Ln., N. George St., Locust Ln., Susquehanna Trail and PA 238, Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°00′37″N 76°44′33″W / 40.01028°N 76.74250°W / 40.01028; -76.74250
Area660.7 acres (267.4 ha)
ArchitectDempwolf, John A.; et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.00000848[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 2000

The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 17 contributing structures. The district includes the Manor House Demesne, four farmsteads, and a Radio Broadcast Complex. The manor house dates to 1900, and is a 2+12-story, Colonial Revival-style dwelling modified between 1936 and 1941.

Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893. Farmstead #3 has a 3+12-story, banked Pennsylvania German dwelling built about 1845.

Farmstead #4 has a 3+12-story, banked Georgian-plan dwelling built about 1845. The Radio Broadcast Complex includes a 2+12-story, brick Colonial Revival-style office building and four radio towers, and used as a radio station from the 1940s until 1990.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Raid (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sinking Springs Farms" (PDF). Retrieved December 28, 2011.