Keim Homestead National Historic Landmark Nomination
Pendleton PE. 2016. Keim Homestead National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 100000832_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for the Keim Homestead in Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The NHL nomination for the Keim Homestead documents its national significance under NHL Criterion 4 as an intact example of early German-American domestic vernacular architecture. The circa 1753 Keim House and the Ancillary Building represent methods of construction, elements of architectural decoration, and patterns of dwelling and domestic outbuilding layout and design that were characteristic of the German-American tradition. The period of national significance is circa 1753-circa 1820.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pendleton, Philip
- Date of Issue
- 2016-12-23
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- architecture, Berks County, colonial, early republic, German Americans, National Historic Landmark, Oley, Pennsylvania