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Sehner-Ellicott-Von Hess House is a historic home located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1780 by George Sehner, and is a finely restored house built in the Georgian style of architecture. It was occupied by Andrew Ellicott (1754–1820), first United States Surveyor General, from 1801 to 1813. [2]
Location of Chester County in Pennsylvania Map of Chester County (clickable). This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania.
John and Andrew Ellicott moved to Baltimore County, Maryland in May 1771 purchasing 50 acres of Baltimore County land from Emanuel Teal and 35 acres from William Williams. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East.
The Ellicott brothers helped revolutionize farming in the area by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and also by introducing fertilizer to revitalize depleted soil. [4] Charles Carroll , a signer of the Declaration of Independence , was an early influential convert from tobacco to wheat. [ 5 ]
Rock Ford was saved from destruction by the Junior League in 1958; the house was renovated and restored to become an historic house museum. Rock Ford Foundation was established as a nonprofit to operate the museum. Today, visitors may come to Historic Rock Ford for guided tours to learn what it was like to live on the property between 1794 and ...
Andrew Ellicott (January 24, 1754 – August 28, 1820) was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
In 1957, baseball great Willie Mays went searching for a house in San Francisco, where his New York Giants had just decided to relocate. He eventually settled on a boxy, stylish home in the ...
The Dominican Retreat House was at the time of its closing in 2006 the oldest retreat house for women in the United States. In February 2009, the Dominican Sisters sold the 42-acre property to the Land Conservancy of Elkins Park, PA, who intended to use the facility for group spiritual, health and wellness education retreats, and also as a ...