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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM104Y_grape-hotel_Lancaster-PA.html
The site of Col Adam Riegart's Grape Hotel the meeting place of numerous revolutionary groups and committees and notable among colonial hostelries as a center of the spirit of independence in Lancaster County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLBG_shippen-house_Lancaster-PA.html
Site of house occupied 1751-1781, by Edward Shippen; lawyer, judge, Chairman Committee of Observation, and grand-father of Peggy Shippen Arnold. An earlier occupant was Thomas Cookson, first Burgess of Lancaster Borough.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM570_witmers-tavern_Lancaster-PA.html
One of the best surviving structures of its type. Original east end built about 1725 by Benjamin Witmer, agent for the London Land Company. Passed on to his son, tavern-keeper John Witmer. Enlarged by Henry Witmer, 1773. Family was prominent in ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56Y_isaac-long-barn_Lancaster-PA.html
The United Brethren in Christ, and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, trace their origin to the joint efforts of Rev. Philip w. Otterbein of the German Reformed Church and Martin Boehm, a Mennonite preacher, as a revival held here about 1767.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM317_birthplace-of-the-pennsylvania-rifle_Lancaster-PA.html
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 makers who …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30G_conestoga-navigation-company_Lancaster-PA.html
A slackwater canal between Lancaster and Safe Harbor, built following the company's incorporation in 1825, facilitated access to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other ports. This canal's 18-mile course included nine sets of locks and dams; Lock No. 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30E_james-hazlett-binns_Lancaster-PA.html
1912 - 1985Industrialist · Patriot · Humanitarian · MentorHe rose from sales trainee to become president and chairman of Armstrong World Industries, a director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the National Asso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30D_ruamie-hill-binns_Lancaster-PA.html
1914 - 2002Civic Leader · Volunteer · Philanthropist · FriendShe shared her talents and her spirit with Lancaster for six decades, including leadership roles in family and children's services, the Junior League, the Community…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Y1_wheatland_Lancaster-PA.html
The home of James Buchanan, statesman, diplomat and the fifteenth President of the United States (1857 -61), is located on Marietta Avenue, seven blocks south. Buchanan maintained Wheatland as his home from 1848 until he died there on June 1, 1868.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Y0_wheatland_Lancaster-PA.html
Home of President James Buchanan from 1849 to his death is a few blocks away. Statesman and diplomat, as Member of Congress, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and Minister to England. Elected President in 1856.