The famed glassmaker and ironmaster of colonial days founded Manheim in 1762, and set up his glassworks in 1764. He gave land for the Lutheran Church which still pays his heirs one red rose a year. — — Map (db m5321) HM
Birthplace of Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, September 30, 1805. A veteran of the Mexican War and the Civil War, he died May 1, 1880, at Washington, D.C., and was buried at Buffalo, N.Y. — — Map (db m12457) HM
Both homes are open to the public during our summer Open House days.
Please check our website manheimhistoricalsociety.org for days and hours. Or call (717) 665-7989 for more information or to schedule a tour.
Fasig House . . . — — Map (db m136375) HM
In honor of all those
who gave their lives,
their fortune and their
sacred honor in service
to our country — past,
present and future.
— — Map (db m136377) WM
Glassmaker and ironmaster who was born at Cologne in 1729 and died at Charming Forge in 1785.
Picturesque figure of colonial America, his memory is perpetuated by his artistic glassware, by traditions of the Baronial Pomp of his career and by . . . — — Map (db m136376) HM
On this site, from 1763 to 1774, "Baron" Henry William Stiegel made the glass for which he is famous. Erected in 1763, the building was torn down in 1813. — — Map (db m5320) HM
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