Old Bush Mansion. Bush Mansion was lived in a short time with a chicken hatchery started in it. Torn down and brick house and hatchery built which stands today as Bird-In-Hand Market and gift house.
Photograph- Section of old wooden pipe on Joseph Esbenshade farm at Ronks. Pipe is said to be about 130 years old and was formerly used to carry water to old still house that still stands on the farm. The wood is in good condition, pipe was joined by tapering one end and running this into the next section. The joint was tightened with iron bands. Modern piping has now been substituted.
Photograph- Section of old wooden pipe on Joseph Esbenshade farm at Ronks. Pipe is said to be about 130 years old and was formerly used to carry water to old still house that still stands on the farm. The wood is in good condition, pipe was joined by tapering one end and running this into the next section. The joint was tightened with iron bands. Modern piping has now been substituted.
Description
Section of old wooden pipe on Joseph Esbenshade farm at Ronks. Pipe is said to be about 130 years old and was formerly used to carry water to old still house that still stands on the farm. The wood is in good condition, pipe was joined by tapering one end and running this into the next section. The joint was tightened with iron bands. Modern piping has now been substituted.
Photograph- Old still house standing on the Joseph Esbenshade farm at Ronks, now used as tobacco shed. Age is unknown, but it is said to be over 75 years old, as the farm was acquired by the Esbenshade family in 1849. Still was supplied by old wooden pipe.
Photograph- Old still house standing on the Joseph Esbenshade farm at Ronks, now used as tobacco shed. Age is unknown, but it is said to be over 75 years old, as the farm was acquired by the Esbenshade family in 1849. Still was supplied by old wooden pipe.
Description
Old still house standing on the Joseph Esbenshade farm at Ronks, now used as tobacco shed. Age is unknown, but it is said to be over 75 years old, as the farm was acquired by the Esbenshade family in 1849. Still was supplied by old wooden pipe.
Benjamin B. Herr's Mill bridge, one half mile southwest of Soudersburg between Strasburg and East Lampeter Townships on the Pequea Creek. Double span, 178 feet long, built in 1844.
Provenance
digital image only - original owned by Milton Haldeman
Photograph- Man holding up a copy of the Lancaster New Era newspaper with the headline "Fire! Man, What a Fire in Suburbs of Ronks - Local Tobacconist Loses 2 Buildings, Has No Insurance".
Photograph- Man holding up a copy of the Lancaster New Era newspaper with the headline "Fire! Man, What a Fire in Suburbs of Ronks - Local Tobacconist Loses 2 Buildings, Has No Insurance".
Description
Man holding up a copy of the Lancaster New Era newspaper with the headline "Fire! Man, What a Fire in Suburbs of Ronks - Local Tobacconist Loses 2 Buildings, Has No Insurance".
