Stupp-Oxenrider Farm
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Stupp–Oxenrider Farm
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| Location | Dundore Road northwest of Robesonia, North Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°WCoordinates: 40°22′56″N 76°09′27″W / 40.38222°N 76.15750°W |
| Area | 93 acres (38 ha) |
| Built | c. 1784, c. 1790, c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Other, Swiss bank house |
| MPS | Farms in Berks County MPS |
| NRHP reference # | 92000932 |
| Added to NRHP | July 29, 1992 |
Stupp–Oxenrider Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has nine contributing buildings, one contributing site, and four contributing structures. They include a 2 1/2-story, log Swiss bank house (c. 1784); 2-story, log, tenant / grandfather's house (c. 1790); and frame Pennsylvania bank barn (c. 1850). The remaining buildings include a stone summer kitchen / butcher house, smokehouse, blacksmith's shop, wagon shed, milk house, and privy. The contributing structures are a chicken house, brooder house, pole shed, and roofed spring. The contributing site is a limestone quarry.
The original owners of the farm were ethnic German Swiss Mennonites. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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