Boonecroft

Boonecroft
Boonecroft. August 2013.
Boonecroft is located in Pennsylvania
Boonecroft
Boonecroft is located in the United States
Boonecroft
LocationOley Line Road near Limekiln, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°19′56″N 75°48′10″W / 40.33222°N 75.80278°W / 40.33222; -75.80278
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1720, 1733
Built byBoone, George III
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No.82003758[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c E. Garrett Brinton (January 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Boonecroft. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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