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  2. Landis Valley Museum - Wikipedia

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    January 3, 2000. Designated PHMC. 1957 [2] The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum is a 100-acre living history museum located on the site of a former rural crossroads village in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Founded by brothers Henry K. Landis and George Landis in 1925 and incorporated in 1941, it is now operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and ...

  3. Lancaster Historic District (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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    Lancaster Historic District (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) /  40.03611°N 76.30278°W  / 40.03611; -76.30278. The Lancaster Historic District, also known as Old Town Lancaster, is a national historic district that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster ...

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    The city of Lancaster is the location of 57 of these properties and districts; they are listed separately, while the 153 properties and districts in the other parts of the county are listed here. One property straddles the Lancaster city limits and appears on both lists. Another three sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster ...

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    The city of Lancaster is the location of 57 of these properties and districts; they are listed here, while the 151 properties and districts in the other parts of the county are listed separately. One property straddles the Lancaster city limits and appears on both lists. Another two sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks.

  6. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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    Quilting became a favoured activity of the Anabaptist sect after emigrating to the United States and Canada from Germany and Switzerland over 250 years ago. The earliest known Amish quilts, dating from 1849, are whole-cloth works in solid colours. Pattern-pieced bed coverings didn't appear until the 1870s.

  7. List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Lancaster ...

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    Location of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Lancaster County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical ...

  8. Lancaster Amish affiliation - Wikipedia

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    The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760 near Churchtown [1] is the oldest Amish settlement that is still in existence.

  9. Pennsylvania Dutch Country - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie Deitschland ), or Pennsylvania Dutchland, [4] [5] is a region of German Pennsylvania spanning the Delaware Valley and South Central and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania . By the American Revolution in the 18th century, the region had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch ...

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