Daniel Boone Homestead Site and Bertolet Cabin | |
Nearest city | Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 40°17′53″N 75°47′52″W / 40.29806°N 75.79778°W |
Area | 577 acres (234 ha) |
Built | 1730 |
NRHP reference No. | 72001090 |
Added to NRHP | March 24, 1972[1] |
The Daniel Boone Homestead, the birthplace of American frontiersman Daniel Boone, is a museum and historic house that is administered by the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead near Birdsboro in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is located on nearly 600 acres (2.4 km2) and is the largest site owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The staff at Daniel Boone Homestead interpret the lives of the three main families that lived at the Homestead: the Boones, the Maugridges and the DeTurks. The park is just off U.S. Route 422 north of Birdsboro in Exeter Township.[2]