Fox Chase Farm is one of two working farms in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (W.B. Saul High School's Farm in Roxborough is the other). Formerly owned by the Wistar family, the farm is located on Pine Road in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia on the border with Montgomery County. The farm gradually became surrounded by the city's residential neighborhoods and was purchased by the city in 1975. It is now run as an educational farm by the School District of Philadelphia.[2]
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 under its old name of Stanley, a name it acquired when William Penn granted the land to Lord Stanley.
Gallery
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Farm entrance -
General view of manor house -
Manor house and spring house -
Tenant house -
Stone shed -
Bank barn -
Milk storage house -
Pig barn and educational center -
Old sheep barn -
Farm pasture
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2012. Note: This includes Jean K. Wolf (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stanley" (PDF). Retrieved March 25, 2012.
External links
- www.TheFoxChaseFarm.com]
- Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
