In May 1871, Lancaster County Commissioners visited this site near Jacob Harnish's mill for
a proposed bridge where the "public road leading from the Green Tree Hotel to Lancaster
crosses said creek being the dividing line between Strasburg and . . . — — Map (db m176727) HM
Built by Charles Christopher and Jacob Beam, Elders. Cir 1755 on Samuel Boyer's land, one third mile west of this site. Used as a meetinghouse until 1848. Moved to this location, November 10, 1949.
The Lancaster Mennonite Conference Historical . . . — — Map (db m213292) HM
Boehm's Chapel is the fourth oldest existing structure built for Methodist worship in America. It was erected on land donated by the Rev. Martin Boehm, an itinerant preacher and co-founder with the Rev. Phillip W. Otterbein of the United Brethren in . . . — — Map (db m5115) HM
Built 1791, this "Temple of Limestone" is the oldest existing structure designed for Methodist use in Pennsylvania, and one of the oldest in the U.S. Erected on land formerly owned by Bishop Martin Boehm, co-founder of the United Brethren in Christ, . . . — — Map (db m157296) HM
Martin Meylin, 1670–1749, gunsmith of Switzerland settled here in the Pequea Valley in 1710 and made in this gun shop the earliest known Pennsylvania or so called Kentucky Rifle.
He was the first of a group of Lancaster County rifle . . . — — Map (db m160399) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m67149) HM
First Settlement in Lancaster County -- 1710.
Scale one inch = 100 perches
A* ["*" circled] indicates this tablet
B* Mennonite Ch. (Herr - grave)
C* old Chr. Herr House 1719
D* the big spring
E* old Miller graveyard
R-S Pequea . . . — — Map (db m160413) HM
This smokehouse was removed from the site of the "Heine" Weber homestead in the historic Weaverland Valley. The house and barn on the Weber homestead were built in the early 1760s, and this building appears to be of the same period.
The roof . . . — — Map (db m67250) HM
Old gunshop, built in 1719, is located about one mile northeast. Here, before 1745 the earliest known Pennsylvania Rifle, misnamed Kentucky Rifle, was made. Building is marked with a tablet. — — Map (db m160649) HM
These millstones stand in silent testimony to the importance of milling in Lancaster County. The first mill was built only a few years after the Mennonites arrived in 1710. Vital to agriculture, the mills increased in number to over 200 by 1839. . . . — — Map (db m160434) HM
