Star Barn Complex
Star Barn Complex | |
| Location | Nissley Dr. at PA 283, Lower Swatara Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°13′25″N 76°46′17″W / 40.22361°N 76.77139°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1872 |
| Architect | Reichert, Daniel |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000845[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 2000 |
The Star Barn Complex, also known as the John Motter Barn and Outbuildings and "Walnut Hill," is an historic, American farm outbuilding complex that was located in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000,[1] it was dismantled in October 2015 and then moved to a site in Lancaster County for reassembly and preservation.[2][3]
History and architectural features
This historic property includes a large barn, a pig barn (c. 1872), a carriage house (c. 1872), a chicken coop (c. 1872), a grain silo, and a milk house. The main barn, known as the Star Barn, was built in 1872, and is a five-bay, Gothic Revival-style frame building. It features an immense cupola atop a cross-gable roof.[4]
Move to Lancaster County
The Star Barn was dismantled beginning in October 2015 and then moved to a site in Lancaster County, where it has been reassembled and preserved at the Ironestone Ranch in Elizabethtown.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Star Barn plans 'on track' for move to Lancaster County next year". October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Volunteers close to finishing historic Star Barn". Penn Live. July 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Karen Arnold (March 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Star Barn Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 17, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ "Star Barn plans 'on track' for move to Lancaster County next year". October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Volunteers close to finishing historic Star Barn". Penn Live. July 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.