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
Henry William Stiegel
Colonial glassmaker and ironmaster built this house and lived in it 1762-1775
Henry M. Muhlenberg
Organized Manheim Lutheran Congregation here on September 18, 1769
Robert Morris
Signer and financier . . . — — Map (db m164765) HM
The oldest part of this house was built by
colonial settler Hans Longenecker. He was
born in Langnau, Switzerland in 1703,
came to America in 1728 and purchased
176 acres from William Penn's sons in
1738. Much of the house was completed by . . . — — Map (db m235110) 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
To all individuals who guard the institutions of democracy and help protect the people of Lancaster County in times of danger. Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics and a host of others. Bravely . . . — — Map (db m228898) HM
1717
Christian Hershey (1675-1722) comes to what is now Lancaster County with a group of German-Swiss Mennonites.
1736
His grandson, Christian Hershey (1719-1782) purchases 400 acres of land including this farm and builds a small . . . — — Map (db m164775) HM
ASM International
The Materials Information Society
Has designated
The Milk House
A Historical Landmark
Site where Electron Energy Corporation produced the world's first rare earth magnets in 1970. These high energy rare earth . . . — — Map (db m231182) HM
Linking Mount Joy and Lititz
This bridge is named for a whiskey distillery operated by at least two generations of the Kauffman family, including Jacob S. Kauffman (1794-1849) and Henry M. Kauffman (1821-94). The distillery was once . . . — — Map (db m201338) HM
In August 1846, citizens of East Hempfield and Rapho Township petitioned for a bridge where the public roads from the Harrisburg Turnpike and from Sporting Hill to the New Holland Road cross the same near Henry Shenk's Mill. Charles Melhorn built . . . — — Map (db m213290) HM