The Isaac A. Packer Farm is an historic American home and farm complex which is located in Woodward Township in

Clinton County, Pennsylvania Clinton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,450. Its county seat is Lock Haven. Clinton County comprises the Lock Haven, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also inclu ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1991.

History and architectural features

The farmhouse was built in 1885, and is a -story, L-shaped stone dwellingwhich was designed in the

Victorian Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style. The house is built from

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

in hues of purple and gray. Also located on the property are a contributing three-story

bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn which is accessible from the ground, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill or bank, the upper and the lower floors could both be accessed from the ground, one area at the top of ...

(1905), a stone

lime kiln A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called ''quicklime'' (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can tak ...

, and a well (1886). ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1991.

References

External links

Isaac A. Packer Farm, Legislative Route 18011, 2.4 miles northwest of Jay Street Bridge (Farrandville Road), Lock Haven vicinity, Clinton, PA
4 photos, 10 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at

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Isaac A. Packer Farm, Farm House, Legislative Route 18011, 2.4 miles northwest of Jay Street Bridge (Farrandsville Road), Lock Haven vicinity, Clinton, PA
14 photos, 10 data pages, and 4 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey {{DEFAULTSORT:Packer, Isaac A., Farm Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1885 Houses in Clinton County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Pennsylvania Lime kilns in the United States