Manheim Township near Roseville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Henry Hess Landis Farm

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

1. Henry Hess Landis Farm Marker

Inscription. Isaac C. Landis (1843-1931) established this farmstead around 1870 on a 52-acre parcel. It consisted primarily of the wooden frame house in front of you and a medium-size barn, both painted red. In 1908, the barn burned down and he had it rebuilt. In 1925, Henry Hess Landis (1888-1963) and his wife, Mary Rohrer (Buckwalter) Landis (1889-1977), purchased this property.

Henry Hess Landis, a Mennonite farmer, remodeled the barn to stable 18 milk cows, built a milk house for cooling and bottling, and bought a new truck for a dairy delivery route. He also installed machinery in the barn to grind and bag livestock feed for sale. In about 1936, he sold the dairy route rather than investing in pasteurization equipment. Henry Hess Landis added other businesses to his farm. In the 1930’s, he became a franchised dealer for Case Company farm equipment, and between that decade and the 1950s, he and his family also sold poultry, eggs, lumber, and briefly, groceries. He also held annual auctions of consigned farm equipment. While he switched from the Case franchise to selling Minneapolis-Moline tractors and equipment about 1955, the feed mill remained the family’s main business.

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Landis Valley Dairy Truck , late 1920s.

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Landis Family, 1943.

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In the late 1930s Landis purchased delivery trucks for this livestock feed business. Daughter Emma sits on the running board.

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Isaac Landis Farmstead, c.1900.

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Case tractor and equipment mid 1930s, H.H. Landis to right of the sign.

The museum thanks the children and grandchildren of Henry H. and Mary Landis for providing history and images for this display.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.

Location. 40° 5.636′ N, 76° 16.854′ W. Marker is near Roseville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in Manheim Township. It is on Kissel Hill Road. The marker is on the grounds of the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster PA 17601, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Isaac Long Barn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Landis Graveyard (approx. one mile away); 1954 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Hunsecker Covered Bridge (approx. 1.8 miles

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

2. Henry Hess Landis Farm Marker

away); Pinetown Bridge (approx. 1.9 miles away); Belmont Lime kiln (approx. 2½ miles away); Belmont Quarry (approx. 2½ miles away); Mayer Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away).

Henry Hess Landis Farm House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

3. Henry Hess Landis Farm House

(Inscription on the marker in front of the farm house) Building 22-Issac Landis Complex-House and barn constructed c1875. The buildings were sold in 1927 to Henry Hess Landis who added the feed mill.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,295 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 16, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.