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One page report outlining restoration work (and cost estimates) that needs to be completed on the following buildings: White Horse Tavern, Bridge Keeper's House, Mouns Jones House, Keim House, Keim Spring House, Keim Barn, and Hottenstein House.
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Half-page article with drawings (by Gerald O'Brien) from the Thursday April 5, 1973 edition of the "Reading Eagle." Article appears on page 53, Fourth Section. Article briefly discusses American Folklife Society's (owner of Keim farmstead in 1973) plans for converting the Keim farmstead into a history museum & national headquarters site.
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Color photographic print showing a detail of a northeast perspective view of the Keim Barn. Details include: random-rubble masonry, forebay.
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Ten-page booklet (6" w x 9" h) outlining a driving tour of the Oley Valley arranged by The Woman's Club of Oley. Features include: map, one-page introduction, brief histories for seven sites, and acknowledgements of property owners and tour committee members. The Keim Homestead is the second site featured. Brief historical text for Keim Homestead begin
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Digital image of Keim Barn from original photographic print showing gable-hooded doorway. Details include: non-period door and hardware, gabled doorway hood. Origianl HABS caption for the image is as follows: "DETAIL VIEW OF HOODED DOOR." Data sheets for HABS images (KBPH1--1002.01.029 & KBPH2--1002.01.030) associated with the Keim Barn appear in
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Background text accompanying Historical American Buildings Survey photographs. Two pages of text describe Location and Caption Information for Keim Barn. For full text refer to additional image or MULTIMEDIA LINKS. Also see MULTIMEDIA LINKS for associated HABS photographs of Keim House & Cabin. See catalog records KBPH 1--1002.01.029 & KBPH2--1002.01.
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Color photographic print showing a northwest perspective view of the Keim Barn. Details include: gabled hood, random-rubble masonry, quoin corner pier, stone gable end. forebay.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY SITES & STRUCTURES COMMITTEE REPORT AUG., 2015 1. WHITE HORSE TAVERN: Mat Mosca has determined that the original 18th century paint on the exterior woodwork is the same as the lead-white on the Douglass House. With Board approval, the remaining original WHT window frames and sash and all futur
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Digital image of Keim Barn from original photographic print showing a southwest perspective view. Details include: stone gable end, gable hood over storage access door, gabled hood over ground-floor doorway, gable-end chimney, forebay. Origianl HABS caption for the image is as follows: "GENERAL VIEW. (The structure at left of photo is the Keim House,
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Color photographic print showing a southwest perspective view of the Keim Barn. Details include: gabled hood, random-rubble masonry, quoin corner pier, stone gable end.
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Eight-page article with photos from a booklet titled "Oley Valley, An American Cultural Island" (vol. I , No. 7) published by the American Folklife Society in 1973. Article was reprinted from October 1955 issue of the "Historical Review of Berks County," by permission of the Historical Society of Berks County, Reading, Pennsylvania. Article mainly disc
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Photocopy of a one-page data sheet prepared by Barry K. Stover for Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). Form was prepared in order to update existing HABS information for Keim Barn already on file at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. This information was never filed with HABS. Also see KBFN1--1002.01.081 for measured field notes drawings c
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Photocopy of seven pages of measured field notes drawings prepared by Barry K. Stover for Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). Drawings were prepared in order to update existing HABS information for Keim Barn already on file at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. This information was never filed with HABS. Also see KBTX1--1002.01.080 for dat
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