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1719 Herr House:  The oldest home in Lancaster County, the beautiful stone house (often nicknamed the "Hans Herr House") was built  in 1719 by Christian Herr, a Swiss-German Mennonite immigrant. Also used for worship services, it is oldest extant Mennonite meetinghouse in the Western Hemisphere.

The Mennonite Information Center: Welcome center for visitors to the Lancaster Mennonite and Amish community and the life-size Biblical Tabernacle Reproduction. 

Lancaster Mennonite Conference: One of two area Mennonite conferences with which the Society is affiliated and whose records we archive;  conference dates to 1711.

Atlantic Coast Mennonite Conference: The other area Mennonite conference with which the Society is affiliated and whose records we archive;  current conference was organized in 1978, with roots dating to 1893.

Amish Studies at Young Center at Elizabethtown College: Up-to-date national Amish statistics.

Visit Lancaster County's fine museums: 20+ museums covering Lancaster County's diverse cultural and regional heritage. 

Mennonite World Conference: International coordinating body for churches in the global Mennonite family.

Lancaster County Digitization Project: A consortium of cultural institutions interested in digitizing Lancaster County newspaper and manuscript collections. Visit the LCDP site to view a list of available digitized resources.

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Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
2215 Millstream Rd
Lancaster, PA 17602-1499
United States
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Phone: (717) 393-9745
Fax: (717) 393-8751
E-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org

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