The 1719 Herr House stands as the oldest structure and the oldest Mennonite meetinghouse in Lancaster County. Built by the Herr family as their residence and their community's meetinghouse, …
The 1719 Herr House stands as the oldest structure and the oldest Mennonite meetinghouse in Lancaster County. Built by the Herr family as their residence and their community's meetinghouse, it is the only remaining dwelling of the very first group of settlers in the area. Experience the charm of its medieval Germanic architecture and discover early colonial and Mennonite history and culture by viewing the museum buildings featuring agricultural and domestic life exhibits. For hundreds of years, south-central Pennsylvania was home to a series of Native American tribes, including the Shenks Ferry, Conoy, Lenape, Mohawk, Nanticoke, Seneca, Shawnee and Susquehannock peoples. Learn about their rich history at the Lancaster Longhouse on the grounds of the 1719 Museum Seasonal schedule for 2023 April through October Friday & Saturday, 10am - 4pm. Tours at 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, and 2:30pm. We do encourage you to call ahead before visiting to find out the wait time for tours. Nominal admission charged.
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Aug 9, 2024
This museum, gallery and longhouse was very interesting. Recommend stopping and seeing. Loads of information was provided Full review by lisamY571AW
Apr 14, 2024
We wanted to visit the oldest house in Lancaster. Really cool area to explore. Our family loves history and glad we stopped to check it out! Full review by MichaelTQ92
Jun 2, 2023
Hans Herr was my 8th great grandfather. So it was thrilling to visit his house. Even though it was closed on a Wednesday. We walked the grounds and was quite impressed. Full review by KeepLifeSimpleUSA
Depends on what you want to see. The Hans Herr House tour is between 45 min to an hour and same for the Longhouse tour. They also have a few buildings you can self guide tour …
Depends on what you want to see. The Hans Herr House tour is between 45 min to an hour and same for the Longhouse tour. They also have a few buildings you can self guide tour through with many old artifacts like farm equpitment and furinature and more. There is also a library with materials to learn more. You could easily spend an hour there or a few hours. It all depends on what you want to get out of it. The tours are 8 dollars each or 16 for both. The blacksmith shop, barn, and other exhibits are free with the tour. They also run tours every hour, on the hour so plan around that. Hope this helped!
are the grounds and building accessible with a walker? Also how long does it take. We plan on visiting it the same day as our visit to see Sampson at Mellinian Theather
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Hello Bette. I plan to see Samson myself. To answer your question, accessing the Hans Herr House with a walker may be difficult, but it is doable. Everything is in its original setting …
Hello Bette. I plan to see Samson myself. To answer your question, accessing the Hans Herr House with a walker may be difficult, but it is doable. Everything is in its original setting with no paved walkways. As for time, give yourself a minimum of an hour for the house and an extra hour for the Indian hut.
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