Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tenant Farmer's House

Historic Rockford

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

1. Tenant Farmer's House Marker

Inscription. This building was originally located in Ronks, PA. It was moved here in the 1960's and currently serves as an example of a typical tenant farmer's house that would have housed seasonal agricultural workers or tenant farmers at Historic Rock Ford during the time of the residency of General Edward Hand and his family.

Erected by Historic Rockford Plantation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era.

Location. 40° 1.181′ N, 76° 17.263′ W. Marker is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is on Williamson Road 0.2 miles south of Rockford Road, on the right when traveling south. This marker is located on the Rockford Plantation Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 881 Rockford Road, Lancaster PA 17602, 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 walking distance of this marker: Rock Ford (within shouting distance of this marker); A Dedication (approx. 0.2 miles away); Native Americans in Lancaster County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Great Indian Warrior Trading Path (approx. 0.2 miles away); At Rockford near here lived & died General Edward Hand, M.D. (approx. 0.3 miles

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away); Proclamation (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Rock Ford (approx. 0.4 miles away); Stevens Greenland Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lancaster.

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

2. Tenant Farmer's House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 68 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.