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Speedwell Forge Mansion, also known as Speedwell Forge Homestead, is a historic home located at Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.The ironmaster's mansion was built about 1760, and is a 2½-story, four bay wide and two bay deep, brownstone and fieldstone dwelling in the Georgian style.
South of Lititz, east of Pennsylvania Route 501, near Lititz ... Speedwell Forge: May 24, 2006 : 465 Speedwell Forge Road Elizabeth Township: 123: Spring Grove Forge ...
Elizabeth Township was established in 1757 as a split off Warwick Township.It was split again in 1853 to create the present Clay Township to the east.. In early colonial days, the area now comprising Elizabeth Township played an important part in the development of the county.
It was the home of California pioneer Johann August Sutter (1803 – 1880), who built the structure after moving to Lititz in 1871. [ 2 ] Restored during the 1980s, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and is located in the Lititz Moravian Historic District .
Notable buildings include the Warden's House (c. 1757), Corpse House (Leichen Kappelchen) [2] (1786), Werner House, Tinsley Cottage, Sisters' House (1758), Moravian Church (1787), Brothers' House (1759), Lititz National Bank, Commonwealth National Bank (1922), Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel (1884) on the campus of Linden Hall School, and the ...
In 1850, Julius Sturgis owned a bread business in Lititz. That year, he provided a homeless man with dinner. According to legend, the homeless man had been on a train that went behind the bread business, and got off the train after seeing the bakery to get food and a job; [5] however, Julius did not have a job available, but nonetheless fed the man.
The area's first settler was Richard Carter, who settled by the mouth of the Conestoga River in 1716. Carter was born in Warwickshire, England. [3] Carter is given credit for naming the municipality "Warwick".The Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, and Zook's Mill Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
An aerial view of 125 East Main Street, the first house in Lititz The Welcome Center at Lititz Train Station Aerial View of Lititz, PA Lititz Spring Park. Lititz / ˈ l ɪ t ɪ t s / is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, 9 miles (14 km) north of Lancaster. [3] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370. [4]