The Mayer House along the Fruitville Pike in Lancaster, PA. Remember to click on images to enlarge them. Click on images to enlarge them. |
An artist's rendering of the property years ago. This shows the farmhouse and the barns and outbuildings behind it. |
The barn with some of the livestock. |
One of the families that lived on the property years ago. |
Drawing of the limestone kiln to the west of the farmhouse. |
Sepia print of the farm from the 1950s. |
I assume this is a class of school children who came to visit the farm from nearby Brecht Elementary School. |
Judy Harnish: Our family had a tour of it about 15 years ago. The kitchen was almost the same a when we live there 65 years ago. Mr. Rutt who started Rutt's Kitchens built some cabinets for my mother which were still there. The old claw foot tub was still in the upstairs bathroom. It didn't seem quite as big to me as it did as a 6 year old when we moved away. We even were up in the cupola which fascinated us kids. I lived in this house until I was 6, and my Father renovated the barn back in the forties to grow 40 thousand broiler chickens. We moved away in 1953 after Route 30 was constructed dissecting the land he was trying to farm.
Another color photograph of the old barn and out buildings. |
Sharron Long Hoffer: I was about 11 or 12 when Rose and Dan moved in. We lived in the back section of the house and they lived in the front. We stayed friends and I can credit her for teaching me how to cook, can and sew. We lived in the house from 1954 to 1959.
Nelson Kilmer: I will have to see if my parents have any pictures (or stories) from the time they live there. They were just 20 and 22 years old in 1948 when they farmed that land. They are both still living. Ironically, the Belmont barn (where the hotel will sit) that both my mom and dad worked in was moved to my mom's uncle's farm in Elizabethtown. In 1948 my parents lived in the back and Clarence Zeagers (farm manager) lived in the front.
One of the farm's families working in the flower beds. |
Sharon Clayton: My sister and her husband lived there, then it was used as two half houses. Somewhere around 1959 to early 60s. Had a servants quarters in the back yard which burnt down.
Judy Harish: We called it The Spring House. It burned while we lived there! Our hired man was living there at the time of the fire.
Looks as if they raised turkeys on the farm at one time. |
Some of the farm equipment housed in the lower level of the barn. |
I recently moved to Lancaster and became curious about this house. Thank you for the fascinating history and photos.
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