Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead

The Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead, also known as John Rudy County Park, is a historic property located at East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania. It includes seven stone and frame buildings dating from about 1799 to about 1910. They are a Georgian-style house, Sweitzer barn (1811), a summer kitchen, corn barn, hog barn, tobacco barn, and milk house. The house was built about 1799, and is a 2 1/2-story, stone dwelling on a limestone foundation. It has a slate covered gable roof. Also on the property is a hand-dug well dating to about 1799 or earlier, the foundations of a house dated to about 1737, and a smokehouse. The property was donated to York County in 1973, and is operated as a county park.[2]

Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead
Location400 Mundis Race Rd., East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°1′15″N 76°42′16″W
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Other, Sweitzer barn
NRHP reference No.00000850[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 2000

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References
  1. "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 (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.


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