Granite stone and bronze tablet on the lawn of the New Holland High School in honor of Frederick Valentien Melsheimer who founded a common school here in 1787. He was the second president of Franklin College and was known as the "Father of American Entomology" to scientists. Monument erected in 1937.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
