Memorial tablet of marble, commemorating visits of Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Horace Greeley, Winfield Scott Hancock and Theodore Roosevelt to the old Caldwell House. This was a popular hotel on the southeast corner of North Queen Street and East Chestnut Streets. This tablet was placed in the lobby of the first Hotel Brunswick (on the site of the Caldwell House). It was the gift of the Honorable W. U. Hensel, attorney and historian of the Historical Society, of which he was a founding member. Erected in 1915.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
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.
