This charming rustic property known as Allenberry-on-the-Yellow Breeches is part of a two farm tract originally owned by one James Crockett, said to be an uncle of Davy Crockett. James Crockett appears on the Cumberland County tax rolls in 1778. Since that time, there have been five principal owners of the property.

The Still House

James Crockett and his heirs built two of the existing limestone buildings. The first, a very small two story dwelling consisting of a kitchen and two additional rooms situated on the banks of the Yellow Breeches, is known today as the Still House. The second structure was a large barn on the hillside overlooking the creek.

	The outside wall of Fairfield Hall where the eight windows are inscribed with the names of the owners: Crockett - 1785, Beltzhoover - 1798, J. Lehman - 1863, J. Bosler - 1872, Clinton Bosler - 1898, Sadler - 1904, J.W. Heinze - 1944, C.A.B. Heinze -1944

Two more buildings were added to the property between 1812 and 1820 by then owner George Beltzhoover.

A large farmhouse, presently known as the Mansion House, was built on the hillside between the Fairfield barn and the Still House. Another stone barn was built a little further up the hill to the west. This building has since been converted to the Stone Lodge and Carriage Room.

The original acreage, the Fairfield tract and the Allenberry tract, was primarily prosperous working farmland until 1929. Dr. Sadler decided to sell most of the arable land while developing the rest of the property into a country estate. He built a caretaker’s house, the White House, at the top end of the private drive. The original bank barn was converted into an entertainment lodge known as Fairfield Hall.

The Charles A.B. Heinze Family Left to Right: John Jacob, Mary Lucinda, Jere Shaffer, Charles A.B., Mary Jane

It was Dr. Sadler who first used the names of past owners to designate certain rooms at Allenberry. The Sadler Room was added to Fairfield Hall by the Heinzes in the mid 1950s. The new Beltzhoover Terrace was opened in the Fall of 1992. Other buildings added by the Heinzes include the Playhouse in 1949, the Meadow Lodge in 1960, and the Pine Lodge in 1996. Additionally, five cottages, a swimming pool, and four tennis courts all lie on the banks of the Yellow Breeches, a world renowned fly-fishing trout stream.

It is preserved by an entrepreneurial family who truly values the importance of perpetuating a heritage.