Farmers Friend Print Shop

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Farmers Friend Print Shop
National Register of Historic Places
Front facade Bauern Freund Print Shop (2011)

Front facade Bauern Freund Print Shop (2011)

Farmers Friend Print Shop (Pennsylvania)
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location Marlborough Township , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40 ° 19 '44 "  N , 75 ° 27' 9"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 19 '44 "  N , 75 ° 27' 9"  W.
Built 1838
NRHP number 82003801
The NRHP added July 26, 1982

The Farmer's Friend Print Shop is a historic building in Marlborough Township , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania .

The architect of the brick building erected in 1838 is unknown. The design of the Bauern Freund Print Shop features stylistic elements from Georgian architecture , Federal style and Victorian architecture . The house was used by Enno Benner from 1845 to 1858 as a printing and editorial office for the German-language newspaper Der Bauern Freund, which is close to the democrats . Benner also published religious and patriotic texts and educational books from here.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1982 as a Historic Monument .

Individual evidence

  1. Sarah Anne McNear: farmers friend Print Shop: Nomination form . In: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. January 7, 1982, accessed on May 14, 2015 (English, PDF 605 kB).
  2. Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 14, 2016