Bronze tablet on the house of the D. Paul Hershey farm on Newport Road in Warwick Township. Count Nicholas Zinzendorf, founder of the modern Moravian Church, preached here in December of 1742. He also named the nearby Moravian town Lititz after the barony of Lititz in Bohemia in 1752. Tablet erected in 1936.
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 215 East Orange Street in Lancaster. This was the home of Christopher Marshall (born 1709, died 1795). He resided here from 1777 to 1781. He was a celebrated Philadelphia apothecary and famous for his diary which he kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the Revolutionary War. Monument erected in 1927.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet at East King Street, Lancaster, marking the last location of the Heinitsh Apothecary Shop. It was begun by Carl Heinitsch, later anglicized to Charles H. Heinitsh. After 150 years of continuous service to Lancaster by successive members of the Heinitsh family, it came to an end in 1932. Erected in 1976.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet at East King Street, Lancaster, marking the last location of the Heinitsh Apothecary Shop. It was begun by Carl Heinitsch, later anglicized to Charles H. Heinitsh. After 150 years of continuous service to Lancaster by successive members of the Heinitsh family, it came to an end in 1932. Erected in 1983.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Boulder and bronze tablet at the site of Conestoga Indian Town. The town was located on the road from Letort to Safe Harbor in Manor Township between the years of 1682 and 1763. Monument erected in 1924.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.