Boonecroft

Boonecroft is an historic homestead which is located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Boonecroft
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Boonecroft. August 2013.
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Location	Oley Line Road near Limekiln, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°19′56″N 75°48′10″W
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1720, 1733
Built by	Boone, George III
Architectural style	Colonial
NRHP reference No.	82003758[1]
Added to NRHP	July 26, 1982

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

History and architectural features

This historic property includes the remains of the log cabin that was built in 1720 by Quaker settler George Boone III. These remains consist of a chimney and fireplace, and are marked by a stone marker that was erected in 1925, the year after log cabin burned down.^[2]

The adjacent stone farmhouse was built in 1733, and is a two-and-one-half-story Colonial English-style structure that is built from fieldstone with sandstone quoins. It has a slate-covered gable roof, and also has a one-story stone addition.^[2]

Also located on the property are the contributing guesthouse/spring house, smokehouse, and barn. The property is considered the ancestral home of the Boone family in America, which includes frontiersman Daniel Boone, grandson of George Boone III.^[2] Daniel Boone was born at the nearby Daniel Boone Homestead.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]