It is dominated by the two story brick main house, which was constructed between 1840 and 1850.

A concrete block milk house and terra cotta silo were added to the complex in the 1930s.

In September 1862, the property served as a temporary hospital for wounded soldiers during the Battle of South Mountain in the American Civil War.

[2] The Daniel Sheffer Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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