Memorial tablet of marble, commemorating visits of Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Horace Greeley, Winfield Scott Hancock and Theodore Roosevelt to the old Caldwell House. This was a popular hotel on the southeast corner of North Queen Street and East Chestnut Streets. This tablet was placed in the lobby of the first Hotel Brunswick (on the site of the Caldwell House). It was the gift of the Honorable W. U. Hensel, attorney and historian of the Historical Society, of which he was a founding member. Erected in 1915.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet on the site of the White Swan Hotel, south side of Penn Square. This was the leading public house in Lancaster from about 1747 to 1855 - many distinguished visitors were entertained here. Erected in 1924.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet on the site of the Grape Hotel, 30 - 32 North Queen Street, in Lancaster. This was a popular meetin gplace for numerous military groups and committees during the Revolutionary War. Monument erected in 1926.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
