Kreider Homestead
Est. 1736
1717
Christian Hershey (1675-1722) comes to what is now Lancaster County with a group of German-Swiss Mennonites.
1736
His grandson, Christian Hershey (1719-1782) purchases 400 acres of land including this farm and builds a small house.
1770
Michael and Mary, the last two Conestoga Indians in Lancaster County, are buried in the back meadow after living under the protection of the Hersheys for many years. This road was later named Indian Village Road.
1792
Christian Hershey (1762-1840) and his wife Elizabeth, build the existing limestone farmhouse and barn. Christian's brother Isaac (1773-1831) moves to what is now the town of Hershey.
1826
Isaac Hershey (1773-1831) constructs a similar stone farmhouse in Hershey for his son Jacob. In 1857 Jacob's son, Milton Hershey, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, is born in that house. The house is located on the campus of Milton Hershey School.
1875
1934
2010
John B. Hershey (1875-1954) and his wife Adeline (1878-1976) reside on the homestead. Their daughter Mary is born in 1903.
Mary Hershey (1903-1993) marries Noah Kreider (1905-1982) from Paradise, Pennsylvania.
Noah and Mary (Hershey) Kreider purchase the Homestead at public auction from John
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Kreider Farms celebrates 75 years of business.
Erected by Kreider Farms.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1717.
Location. 40° 10.324′ N, 76° 21.531′ W. Marker is near Manheim, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in Penn Township. It is on Indian Village Road 0.7 miles west of Doe Run Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 510 Indian Village Rd, Manheim PA 17545, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Milk House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Shearer's Covered Bridge (approx. 1.6 miles away); Manheim Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Longenecker Farm (approx. 1.9 miles away); Manheim Historical Society (approx. 1.9 miles away); Memorial to Henry William Stiegel (approx. 1.9 miles away); Heintzelman House
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2021, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,513 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2021, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
