Grist mills were an important part of the rural economy for two centuries. Stoneroad's Mill was a gun shop at the time of the Revolution. It was built by Andreas and Veronica Kauffman.
The Landis Valley Hotel on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Farm Museum. It is very siilar to the houses of the area built a the middle of the 19th century. The rails, of course, are for the convenient hitching of horses.