Boulder and bronze tablet on the grounds of the Andrew B. Rote estate on Old Philadelphia Pike near Lancaster. The boulder is at the site where on July 27, 1825 General Lafayette reviewed the local battalions of infatnry and cavalry assembled to escort him to Lancaster. Tablet erected in 1934.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Photograph of Alois Lidauer at work at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Description
Sculptor Alois Lidauer carving a statue for the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Hempstead Road, Lancaster. The six ton piece of Indiana limestone was hauled into place by Richard Bertz Sr. and his team of riggers.