Brooklyn Township near Kingsley in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Dennis Farmhouse
view from the west side
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 4, 2025
1. Dennis Farmhouse Marker
You are now standing before the west side of the house, or as the family called it, "the back," that entered onto the den. Views from the west windows looked onto the apple orchard, some of which survives today, and the farm's luxuriant, wooded hillside.
In the years following the renovation, guests visited the Dennis Family throughout the summer savoring the beautiful, pastoral setting and the family's gracious living.
A grassy driveway from Creek Road, passed the north side and curved to the back of the house where family and guests parked their cars on the lawn, as you see in this [top right] photo.
In this [center bottom] photo, you can see Norman Henry Dennis (1898-1976), Sumner B. Dennis' son, posing at the back of the house shortly before renovation work began. Norman H. Dennis spent his boyhood summers on the farm working with his uncle, Perkins William "Will" Dennis (1853-1918). "From the time I was a small child, Norman H. Dennis taught me the history of our family and the farm," said M. Denise Dennis, co-Founder of the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust.
[Bottom right photo caption reads] The chicken coop
this page online
To learn more about The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust or to make a donation please visit us at www.thedennisfarm.org
Erected by The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, Endless Mountains Heritage Region, and PA DCNR.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture.
Location. 41° 43.794′ N, 75° 45.547′ W. Marker is near Kingsley, Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County. It is in Brooklyn Township. It can be reached from Creek Road. Marker is on the Dennis Farm grounds, off Creek Road about 0.4 miles south of Charles Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kingsley PA 18826, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 4, 2025
2. Dennis Farmhouse and Marker
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Ice House (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Dennis Farmhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Barn Complex (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Dennis Farmhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); America250PA Semiquincentennial Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); The Dennis Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Dennis Farmhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); The Dennis Farm Stonewalls (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kingsley.
More about this marker. The Dennis Farm is closed to public access except on designated days and for prearranged tours.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 42 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 5, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
