Before launching her music career in Tennessee, Taylor Swift spent her early years in Pennsylvania.

Swift grew up on Pine Ridge Farm, an 11-acre Christmas tree farm in Reading, Pennsylvania. Her experiences on the farm have often inspired her music, including songs like “Christmas Tree Farm” and “Seven” from her Grammy-winning album “Folklore.”

As her career began to take off, Swift’s family moved from the farm to a 3,560-square-foot house at 78 Grandview Boulevard in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. They lived there until 2004, when they relocated to Nashville to support Swift’s burgeoning music career.

Described as a “one-of-a-kind Georgian Colonial home” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Swift’s childhood home was purchased by her family in 1997 for $280,000. It changed hands over the years and was sold in June 2022 for $800,000, having been initially listed for $1,099,000 in February.

The sale was handled by Eric J. & Eric P. Miller of The Eric Miller Team at RE/MAX of Reading. Despite renovations, some traces of Swift’s time there remained, including a note about a Disney World trip, discovered by new owner Daniel Mashevsky in 2007.

Reflecting on her Pennsylvania upbringing, Swift noted, “In Pennsylvania, I was considered odd. I would perform singer-songwriter sets every weekend instead of attending parties.” She also shared that her move to Nashville allowed her to focus on writing many of her early hits during high school, including “Teardrops On My Guitar” and “Tim McGraw.”