Boehm's Chapel was erected on the old Boehm farmstead, at the time oper- ated by Jacob, a son of Martin Boehm. Henry Boehm wrote the following history of the building of the chapel. Boehm's Chapel is distinguished for its antiquity, It was the first Methodist house of worship in Lancaster County. The plan

South Queen Street and began a series of discussions which led to the formation of the Lancaster General Hospital. Various patriotic and fraternal orders had been invited to send representatives to this meeting and responding to the call were members of the Junior American Mechanics, Red Men, Knights of

. �Alexander Hood who introduced Douglass came to Lancaster in 1839 to be the editor of the "Lancaster Union". He continued as the owner and editor of that newspaper until 1842. Then having been admitted to the Lancaster Bar in 1844, for the rest of his life until death in 1875 he practiced law and held