Willson Memorial Building, Home of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster, Penna. Home of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Open to visitors every afternoon except Sunday. Among many attractions are the research library, large museum, Eicholtz Gallery, manuscript and print collections, dioramas and early farm house kitchen. Located next to historic Wheatland, home of President James Buchanan.
Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, Pa. 17603. A typical Lancaster County kitchen with the old fashioned spinning wheel, corner cupboard, firplace, all on a red brick floor.
Wheatland, home of James Buchanan, Lancaster, Pa. Display at National Wax Museum. Wheatland is the home of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States and the only president to be born in Pennsylvania. Buchan was a bachelor and his niece, Miss Harriet Lane was White House hostess during his presidency. Here, Buchanan and Harriet Lane receive news of his election to the presidency from the front porch of "Wheatland" in June, 1856. The home is open to visitors.
Wheatland, home of James Buchanan, Lancaster, Pa. Interior of master bedroom. Restored home of James Buchanan, Pennsylvania's only President. The Master Bedroom, like all the rooms in Wheatland is furnished with authentic pieces. The oriental silk dressing robe was a gift to Buchanan from the chinese Ambassador, over one hundred years ago.
