Map Number
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Name
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Date
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Description
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Lower Salford Township
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1
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Abraham Alderfer Homestead
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c. 1807
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This homestead was built by a son of the Township's most influential 19th century citizen, Michael S. Alderfer. This Victorian house is set on the Branch Creek and overlooks the township's largest meadow.
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2
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Preston Allebach Farm
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c.1800
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Federal/Dutch Mennonite architecture defines this structure.
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3
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Hans Ulrich Bergey Homestead
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c.1732
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This Swiss-German style structure has one of the oldest date stones in the area. However, the original house has been altered and expanded.
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4
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Bergey Mill Homestead
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c.1840
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This is the last of the Township's few early mills. The mill has been incorporated into the existing structure. The site was also a small hill farm which was used for subsistence farming. It also contains a four bed Germanic garden. The site is owned by the Township and operated by the Lower Salford Historical Society.
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5
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Abraham H. Cassel Farmstead
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19th century
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The largest known library of Pennsylvania German history in the 19th century is located in this home.
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6
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Abraham Clemens Homestead
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Late 18th century
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This house was built by one of the sons of pioneer Gerhart Clemens. It is one of the finest local examples of Victorian trim on an early house.
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7
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Jacob Clemens Homestead
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Late 18th century
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This is another home once owned by a son of Gerhart Clemens. This house possesses perhaps one of the best westward views in the area.
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8
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John Clemens Homestead
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c.1730
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This is a third house owned by one of Gerhart Clemens' sons. John Clemens was the earliest miller in the Township. Remnants of the 1726 mill can be found behind the house.
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9
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Gottschalk Homestead
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19th century
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This homestead is one of the most authentic
configurations of a late 19th century farmstead to survive locally.
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10
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Jonas Gottschalk-
Jonas Delp Farmstead
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19th century
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The buildings at this site comprise one of the best preserved clusters of farm buildings in the area.
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11
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Christian Halteman House (?)
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c.1770
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The house is a Swiss peasant farm with a typical Swiss-German farmhouse. It is now more commonly known as the Indian Hill Farm.
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12
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Harleysville
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Late 19th century
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The Village of Harleysville developed in the late 19th century around various institutions including the Harleysville Hotel and Store, the Harleysville Mill (c.1888) and the Harleysville Union Sunday School (c.1888). The Harleysville National Bank established itself here in 1909 at the present site of the Lower Salford Municipal Building until it moved across the street to its present location in 1929.
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13
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Heckler Barn and Bake Oven (?)
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c.1761
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This site is now a municipal park with picnic pavilion, the barn is the last remaining Germanic barn built by means of primitive stonework. It is maintained by the Heckler Plains Folklife Society.
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14
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Indian Creek Church of the Brethren
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c.1906
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This second site of the congregation was greatly changed in its 1980 renovation.
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15
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Kriebel Homestead/ Schwenkfelder Meetinghouse
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c.1740/ 1860
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The homestead served as the headquarters for American soldiers during the Revolution. There is a collection of old farm equipment in the old barn. In 1860, the Schwenkfelder Meetinghouse was built on the site. It is the last Schwenkfelder Meetinghouse in the world with the original materials and furniture in continuous use.
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16
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Dielman Kolb House
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c.1735
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The roof of this building was altered but later restored. The building is of note because of its atypical architecture.
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17
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Jacob Kolb Log House
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c.1725
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The site of this Pennsylvania German Log House has been in continuous operation as a farm since 1709. It now operates as a dairy farm.
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18
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Lederach Village
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19th century
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Lederach Village grew as a stop along a stagecoach line. The Andreas Lederach Homestead (c.1745) was the original property around which the Village of Lederach developed. One of the notable institutions in Lederach's history is the Lederach Chapel (c.1888). This chapel hosted local cultural events. It was once a regular stop for African-American singing groups from Philadelphia.
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19
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Mainland Village
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c.1840
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Mainland Village grew around the Mainland Inn that serviced travelers along Sumneytown Pike. It also contained a tearoom, livery stables, a blacksmith shop and early residences.
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20
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Hans Meyer House
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c.1770
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This Swiss-German farmhouse contains a tunnel that runs from the house to the outside well.
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21
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Price Family Homestead and Graveyard
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c.1830
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This was the home of John Jacob Price, an early settler and bishop of the Dunker faith. The homestead also contains a late log house. A piece of the Maxatawny Trail (one of the earliest roads in the area) runs through the property.
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22
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Reiff Homestead and Mill
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c.1756
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The homestead is a Swiss fieldstone farmhouse and the mill was once one of the major grain mills in the Skippack Valley. It is now owned by Evansburg State Park.
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23
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Jacob Reiff Farmstead
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c.1780
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The farmstead is maintained as a municipal historic park containing dams, mills and a barn. It is also the home of the Lower Salford Historical Society.
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24
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Salford Meetinghouse School
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c.1882
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The meetinghouse was renovated in 1924 and 1976. The markers in the graveyard date back to the 1760's, making it the oldest graveyard in the area. There is also a custodian's house on the site that was built in 1852.
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25
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Salford Mennonite Church School House
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c. 1850
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This school house is representative of the one-room school house associated with the early Mennonite congregation of the 18th Century.
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26
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School House at 771 Lederach Cross Road
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c. 1908
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This one-room school house is typical of 19th century one-room school houses whose design continued into the 20th century in rural areas of the county.
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27
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Vernfield General Store
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c.1898
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This general store was once the Westfield Clothing Emporium, which was one of the first companies in the area to introduce an industrial alternative to agriculture.
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