Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm

Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm, also known as the Frederick Leaser Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It includes the original log cabin (c. 1750), Pennsylvania German vernacular farmhouse (1849), Pennsylvania bank barn (1888), outhouse (c. 1900), smokehouse (c. 1900), summer kitchen / baking house (c. 1850), wagon shed (1906), poultry shed (c. 1875), two frame storage sheds, and a corn crib (c. 1910). Also on the property is the family burial ground and an archaeological site surveyed in 1981–1982. Frederick Leaser is known for transporting the Liberty Bell to the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown during the American Revolutionary War. The farm was in the Leaser family from 1750 to 1998.[2]

Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm
Farmhouse at the Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm
Location7654 Leaser Rd., Lynn Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°40′32″N 75°50′47″W
Area76 acres (31 ha)
NRHP reference No.03001420[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 2004

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

  • General view
  • Barn
  • Log cabin
  • Wagon shed
  • Poultry shed

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Michael A. Stauffer and Paul W. Fries (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frederick and Catherine Leaser Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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