Last week my mom and I had the opportunity to visit the Hans Herr House in Willlow Street, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1719 and boasts being the oldest, still-standing dwelling in Lancaster County and the oldest, still-standing Mennonite meetinghouse in the Western Hemisphere! We enjoyed an hour's tour through the beautiful sandstone Pennsylvania-German home, as well as learning more about the historical background of the Amish and Mennonite peoples. We spent some time wandering around the property - viewing the apple trees of antique varieties that we've never heard of, visiting Rosa & Floyd (the resident pigs!), and peeking in the barn and blacksmith shop. The Hans Herr House offers special events throughout the year - including the apple snitz fest in October and candlelight tours at Christmastime. For more info., visit hansherr.org.
3 comments:
Is this the same Herr's family that owns the wonderful potato chip factory that we love? : )
Ruth, PA
Ruth,
Yes, it's believed that Hans Herr was Jim Herr's ancestor - in fact, when remodeling the childhood home of Jim Herr, they found an old hymnal dating to the 1700's under the floorboards which was owned by Hans Herr's family!
Blessings,
Julie
What a lovely connection to find! I just learned about Herr's Potato Chips this evening while visiting with relatives in Ithaca, New York. When they mentioned their friend, Gene Herr, who is one of Jim Herr's sons, I wondered if we might be related.
Sounds like this is very likely as I am also a descendant of Hans Herr through my paternal grandmother! I hope to be able to visit the Hans Herr house one day when I visit the northeast again. Perhaps we will be able to visit Herr's Potato Chips, too :-)
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