Sinking Springs Farms

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Sinking Springs Farms

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = SINKING SPRINGS FARM, YORK COUNTY, PA.jpg

| caption = Manor house

| location = Roughly bounded by Church Rd., Sinking Springs Ln., N. George St., Locust Ln., Susquehanna Trail and PA 238, Manchester Township, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|40|00|37|N|76|44|33|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| architect = Dempwolf, John A.; et al.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Shingle Style

| added = July 27, 2000

| area = {{convert|660.7|acre}}

| refnum = 00000848{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Sinking Springs Farms is a historic farm and national historic district located at Manchester Township in York County, Pennsylvania.

The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 17 contributing structures. The district includes the Manor House Demesne, four farmsteads, and a Radio Broadcast Complex. The manor house dates to 1900, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, Colonial Revival-style dwelling modified between 1936 and 1941.

Farmstead #1 includes the earliest buildings, dated to about 1841. Farmstead #2 includes a Shingle Style dwelling designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1893. Farmstead #3 has a {{frac|3|1|2}}-story, banked Pennsylvania German dwelling built about 1845.

Farmstead #4 has a {{frac|3|1|2}}-story, banked Georgian-plan dwelling built about 1845. The Radio Broadcast Complex includes a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, brick Colonial Revival-style office building and four radio towers, and used as a radio station from the 1940s until 1990.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H111779_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sinking Springs Farms| accessdate = 2011-12-28| author = B. Raid| format = PDF| date= March 2000}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Sinking Springs Farm Emigsville PA.JPG|Barn off Sinking Springs Road