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.
This house stands over the site of the log cabin that Daniel Boone was born in. The basement in the house is original to the log cabin.
Fireplace in the Daniel Boone Homestead kitchen
The Wayside Lodge at Daniel Boone Homestead. Built in 1940.
Birdsboro is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Schuylkill River 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Reading. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,106. Birdsboro's economy had historically been rooted in large foundries and machine shops, none of which remain in operation today.
Birdsboro in 1890
The Birdsboro Corporation, formerly Birdsboro Steel Corporation, steel plant closed in 1988.
PA 345 southbound and PA 724 eastbound in Birdsboro
William Bird Mansion (1751), now Birdsboro Community Center.
