Boyer–Mertz Farm

The Boyer–Mertz Farm, also known as Angstadt Farm, is a historic farm complex and national historic district located in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The historic Boyer-Mertz Farm complex had its genesis in a land patent granted to John Coates on November 27, 1800 by John Penn and Richard Penn, descendants of Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn. That patent, which was subsequently transferred to Phillip Mertz on June 30, 1802 became the basis for possession of the farm's acreage by the Mertz family until 1845 when it sold to Solomon and Benneville Boyer with Benneville Boyer ultimately retaining sole ownership of the property with his wife, Mary. In 1871, the Boyers improved the property by erecting a barn there, per that barn's datestone. According to historians who researched the property's history in preparation for its listing on the National Registry of Historic Places, the Boyers were also likely responsible for erecting the brick tenant house and stone summer kitchen.

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