Bronze tablet on the south wall of the Willson Memorial Building, home of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Avenue. The tablet honors Mrs. Louise Tanger, an active member of the Society as well as a recognized naturalist. It was she who founded the arboretum on the grounds. Erected in 1981.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet on the house at 45 South Queen Street, Lancaster, where the Honorable Thaddeus Stevens lived from 1843 until his death. He was a leading statesman of the Civil War period and represented Lancaster County in the U. S. House of Representatives.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet on brick pillar at the entrance to the campus of Franklin and Marshall College. It was placed there in celebration of the joint sesquicentennial of the Constitution of the United States and the college. In addition, these original trustees of the college - Thomas McKean, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush and George Clymer - were recognized, as was Benjamin Franklin, who was a patron of the college. Erected in 1937.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Monument erected on Clearview Road near Leaman Road for the Herman Family. This Herman Family Cemetery is situated on the 600 acre tract of Daniel Herman Swiss-German Pioneer who with his wife and two children settled here on the Pequea in 1710. Later he patented 617 acres on the Conestoga and divided the two tracts among his four sons. The original homestead on nearby Harmons Run remained in the family until 1822. This burial ground measuring 40 perches and containing an unknown number of Herman-Harmon graves was never sold. Monument erected 1981.
Memorial pillar and tablet at 320 East Ross Street, Lancaster, marking the site of the country home of the Honorable George Ross (1730 - 1779), colonial statesman and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Erected 1897.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Memorial tablet at the birthplace of Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) in Fulton Township, honoring him as the first man to apply steam to navigation successfully.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
