The Reiff Farm is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Oley Township,

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. It was listed on the

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in 1982.

History and architectural features

The main farmhouse is a -story, five-bay by two-bay,

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-style dwelling built from

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. The property includes a -story, log house that may have been built between 1742 and 1800, but possibly as early as 1709, along with a variety of outbuildings. Outbuildings include an implement shed and workshop, a pig barn, a combination spring house and

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, a summer kitchen and bake oven, an ice house, and a combination butcher shop and blacksmith shop (1742). Six of the outbuildings have red clay tile roofs. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1982.

Gallery

File:Reiff farm Oley BerksCo PA.JPG, Main house

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1800 Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania Blacksmith shops