West Lampeter Township near Willow Street in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Blacksmith Shop

Photographed by Nate Davidson, July 26, 2013

1. Blacksmith Shop Marker

Inscription. This building exemplifies the blacksmith shops that existed in all early communities. These shops were always an important part of local agricultural and community development. This shop is built in the exact dimensions of what is known as the Cooper's Blacksmith shop in the Groffdale Valley. While that building is no longer being used as a blacksmith shop, it remains in the community and is the oldest known blacksmith shop building (deeded in 1785) in the Groffdale and Weaverland Valleys.

The stones, timbers, and rafters used in this structure were preserved from the "Heine" Weber Barn, which was built in the Weaverland Community before the Revolutionary War.

Erected 1982 by Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.

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

Location. 39° 58.783′ N, 76° 15.65′ W. Marker is near Willow Street, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in West Lampeter Township. It can be reached from Hans Herr Drive. Located on the property of the Hans Herr Historic

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site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1849 Hans Herr Dr, Willow Street PA 17584, 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: Heine Weber Smokehouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Millstones (within shouting distance of this marker); First Settlement in Lancaster County (approx. half a mile away); Herr House (approx. ¾ mile away); Martin Meylin’s Gunshop (approx. 1.2 miles away); Boehm's Chapel (approx. 1.3 miles away); Birthplace of the Pennsylvania Rifle (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Boehms Chapel (approx. 1.4 miles away).

Blacksmith Shop image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, July 26, 2013

2. Blacksmith Shop

Touch for a list and map of all markers in Willow Street.

Also see . . . Hans Herr House Museum website. (Submitted on August 2, 2013, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Blacksmith Shop Interior image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, July 26, 2013

3. Blacksmith Shop Interior

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2013, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,058 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 30, 2013, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.