A superb example of Pennsylvania architecture in the English style, the Wright's Ferry Mansion in Columbia, Lancaster County, has been restored and furnished as it was in 1738 when it was built for Susanna Wright, daughter of John Wright who named the county after the town where he was born in England.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
McCall's Ferry and Burr's Bridge. McCall's Ferry, originally Nelson's, was an early Susquehanna ferry operationg from 1740 to 1936. THere also in 1815 Theodore Burr, master bridge builder, erected a trussed timber arch bridge with a 360 foot span, the longest then known. Ice destoryed the bridge on March 3, 1818.
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
McCall's Ferry and Burr's Bridge. McCall's Ferry, originally Nelson's, was an early Susquehanna ferry operationg from 1740 to 1936. THere also in 1815 Theodore Burr, master bridge builder, erected a trussed timber arch bridge with a 360 foot span, the longest then known. Ice destoryed the bridge on March 3, 1818.
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Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
McCall's Ferry and Burr's Bridge. McCall's Ferry, originally Nelson's, was an early Susquehanna ferry operationg from 1740 to 1936. THere also in 1815 Theodore Burr, master bridge builder, erected a trussed timber arch bridge with a 360 foot span, the longest then known. Ice destoryed the bridge on March 3, 1818.
Photograph- Plaque at the Heine Weber Smokehouse. This smokehouse was removed from the site of the Heine Weber homestead in the historic Weaverland Valley. The house and barn on the Weber homestaed were build in the early 1760's and this building appears to be of the same period. The roof was removed, the stone walls were dismantled, and the materials were moved to this site in the summer of 1980. It was reconstructed of the same stones in the same size and designe as the orignial structure and the roof was again replaced. The bakeoven immediately south of the smokehouse was also constructed of materials taken from the Weber homestead. The stones, timbers, and tile roof were taken from the Heine Weber house. These strucutres have been preserved here as a memorial to the Weber/Weaver families whose ancestor Johann Anton Weber settled here in the Pequea Valley in 1711 and whose sons, Henry, Jacob and George, moved to what is now known as the Weaverland Valley. Plaque erected by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society in 1981.
Photograph- Plaque at the Heine Weber Smokehouse. This smokehouse was removed from the site of the Heine Weber homestead in the historic Weaverland Valley. The house and barn on the Weber homestaed were build in the early 1760's and this building appears to be of the same period. The roof was removed, the stone walls were dismantled, and the materials were moved to this site in the summer of 1980. It was reconstructed of the same stones in the same size and designe as the orignial structure and the roof was again replaced. The bakeoven immediately south of the smokehouse was also constructed of materials taken from the Weber homestead. The stones, timbers, and tile roof were taken from the Heine Weber house. These strucutres have been preserved here as a memorial to the Weber/Weaver families whose ancestor Johann Anton Weber settled here in the Pequea Valley in 1711 and whose sons, Henry, Jacob and George, moved to what is now known as the Weaverland Valley. Plaque erected by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society in 1981.
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Plaque at the Heine Weber Smokehouse. This smokehouse was removed from the site of the Heine Weber homestead in the historic Weaverland Valley. The house and barn on the Weber homestaed were build in the early 1760's and this building appears to be of the same period. The roof was removed, the stone walls were dismantled, and the materials were moved to this site in the summer of 1980. It was reconstructed of the same stones in the same size and designe as the orignial structure and the roof was again replaced. The bakeoven immediately south of the smokehouse was also constructed of materials taken from the Weber homestead. The stones, timbers, and tile roof were taken from the Heine Weber house. These strucutres have been preserved here as a memorial to the Weber/Weaver families whose ancestor Johann Anton Weber settled here in the Pequea Valley in 1711 and whose sons, Henry, Jacob and George, moved to what is now known as the Weaverland Valley. Plaque erected by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society in 1981.
Photograph- Lefevre Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Plaque reads "This farm including the Lefevre Cemetery has been the home of seven generations of Lefevres since it was bought by Isaac Lefevre of 1669 from William Penn who bought it from the Pequea Indians in 1682."
Photograph- Lefevre Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Plaque reads "This farm including the Lefevre Cemetery has been the home of seven generations of Lefevres since it was bought by Isaac Lefevre of 1669 from William Penn who bought it from the Pequea Indians in 1682."
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Lefevre Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Plaque reads "This farm including the Lefevre Cemetery has been the home of seven generations of Lefevres since it was bought by Isaac Lefevre of 1669 from William Penn who bought it from the Pequea Indians in 1682."
