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Stop 6 on your Tour of the Sites -- Last Stop!

Mansions and Homes ... magnificent to humble

Wheatland.

President James Buchanan's Wheatland
1120 Marietta Avenue 
717 392-8721  www.wheatland.org
Open Mon.-Sat. 10am-4:30pm (Apr.-Oct.); Sun. Noon-4:30pm; Fri.-Mon. 10am-4:30pm (Nov. and Dec.). President Buchanan inherited an expanding nation in 1857 divided over slavery and states’ rights. Visit his home to explore the important stories of his presidency, the fractious political issues, and his private life in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Rock Ford Plantation.

Rock Ford Plantation
881 Rockford Road, PO Box 264
In Lancaster County Central Park
717 392-7223 www.rockfordplantation.org
Open April 1-Oct. 31: Thurs.-Sun. 11:00-3:00 (last tour starts at 3:00).
Elegant 1794 Georgian mansion of Gen. Edward Hand, Adjutant General of Continental Army; Yuletide, Halloween tours, special events.
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Herr Family Homestead.

1852 Herr Family Homestead
1756 Nissley Road, Landisville
717 898-8822   www.herrhomestead.org
Email: info@herrhomestead.org
Open Sat. & Sun 1:00-4:00, April-Oct.
Features a 12-room brick farmhouse. Interprets life on a 19th century PA German farm, featuring a collection of period antiques, clothing and household items. Visitors can tour the house, barn exterior, conservation meadow, herb gardens and stone springhouse.
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Hans Herr House.

Hans Herr House and Museum
1849 Hans Herr Dr., Willow Street
717 464-4438    www.hansherr.org
Email: director@hansherr.org
Open Mon.-Sat. 9:00-4:00; April 1-Nov 30.
Closed Sunday, Thanksgiving.
Oldest building in Lancaster County. Colonial period dwelling of the area's first Mennonite settlers, built in medieval Germanic style. Oldest Mennonite meeting house in America.
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