Robert Parkinson Farm

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Robert Parkinson Farm is a historic property located in Morris Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Designated as an historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation, it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History and architectural features

The contributing buildings are the house and banked barn (both c. 1830), a sheep barn (c. 1870), a hay shed and spring house (both c. 1880), and a privy (c. 1920). The house is a five-bay, center passage farmhouse with an attached rear kitchen; it was designed in a T-shaped floor plan. The Parkinson Farm is an example of an early nineteenth-century sheep farm, and it continued to operate as such until roughly 1960. It is designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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