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Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720–1920 This page intentionally left blank Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720–1920 Q edited by sally mcmurry and nancy van dolsen University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia ∙ Oxford Copyright ᭧ 2011 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Architecture and landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720–1920 / edited by Sally McMurry and Nancy Van Dolsen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8122-4278-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Vernacular architecture—Pennsylvania—Pennsylvania Dutch Country. 2. Cultural landscapes—Pennsylvania—Pennsylvania Dutch Country. I. McMurry, Sally Ann, 1954– II. Van Dolsen, Nancy. na730.p4a73 2011 720.9748—dc22 2010022113 Contents Q List of Illustrations vii introduction Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720–1920 Sally McMurry and Nancy Van Dolsen 1 chapter one Landscapes Gabrielle Lanier 10 chapter two Rural Houses Sally McMurry 32 chapter three Domestic Outbuildings Philip E. Pendleton 66 chapter four Barns and Agricultural Outbuildings Sally McMurry and J. Ritchie Garrison 94 chapter five Town House: From Borough to City, Lancaster’s Changing Streetscape Bernard L. Herman, Thomas Ryan, and David Schuyler 124 chapter six Commerce and Culture: Pennsylvania German Commercial Vernacular Architecture Diane Wenger and J. Ritchie Garrison 146 chapter seven Religious Landscapes Jerry Clouse 181 Notes 209 Selected Bibliography 229 List of Contributors 239 Index 241 Acknowledgments 251 vi contents Illustrations Q 1. Lewis Miller, David Miller loseing his hand in the Apple mill dreadful Ground up 20 2. Lewis Miller, The Father of the Spangler Family, old Baltzer Spangler—old house one mile from York 21 3. Lewis Miller, The farm of Susanna Spangler 22 4. Lewis Miller, Michael Heinigae, the bird catcher 22 5. Lewis Miller, Paule Mayer, And his Sister, and the heart Cherrys 23 6. Lewis Miller, The Geiger Family, And Lewis Miller 24 7. ‘‘Israel Kriebel Farm.’’ Photograph by H. Winslow Fegley 26 8. ‘‘Deirolf Homestead, Stone Roll Hill, Pa.’’ Photograph by H. Winslow Fegley 27 9. Loaded limestone wagon and limekiln. Photograph by H. Winslow Fegley 28 10. ‘‘Scenes during the apple picking season.’’ Photograph by H. Winslow Fegley 29 11. Pennsylvania German farm, early twentieth century. Photograph by H. Winslow Fegley 30 12. Farmers loading tobacco onto a Duwack-Leeder (tobacco ladder). Photograph by H. Winslow Fegley 31 13. Half-timbering with brick infill, Boalsburg, Pa., c. 1810 35 14. Johannes Hess house, Lititz vicinity, Lancaster County, Pa., mid- eighteenth century 36 15. Vaulted cellar, Benedict Eshleman house, Lancaster County, Pa., 1759 38 16. Rattail hinge, corner cupboard, Benedict Eshleman house, Lancaster County, Pa., 1759 39 17. Keim ancillary house cellar, Berks County, Pa., c. 1753 40 18. Zeller house, Newmanstown, Lebanon County, Pa., 1745, interior 41 19. Zeller house, Newmanstown, Lebanon County, Pa., 1745, east elevation 42 20. Zeller house, Newmanstown, Lebanon County, Pa., 1745, doorway and date stone 43 21. Zeller house, Newmanstown, Lebanon County, Pa., 1745, first floor plan 44 22. Zeller house, Newmanstown, Lebanon County, Pa., 1745 45 23. Christian Ley house, Lebanon County, Pa., mid-eighteenth century, east elevation 46 24. Christian Ley house, Lebanon County, Pa., mid-eighteenth century, floor plans 47 25. Werner house, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa., mid-eighteenth century, first floor plan 48 26. Joseph Stayman house, Cumberland County, Pa., pre-1798, first and second floor plans 51 27. Adam Brandt house, Cumberland County, Pa., c. 1787, ground floor plan 52 28. Christ Lutheran Church parsonage, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pa., 1772, ground floor plan 53 29. John and Elizabeth Moyer house, Bernville, Berks County, Pa., c. 1817 54 30. Benedict and Anna Eshleman house, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pa., 1759, reconstructed ground floor plan 56 31. Stiegel house, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa., c. 1757, reconstructed first period floor plans 57 viii list of illustrations 32. Stiegel house, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa., c. 1757, west front and south side 58 33. Benner farmhouse, Mount Joy Township, Adams County, Pa., c. 1870, front elevation 59 34. Benner farmhouse, Mount Joy Township, Adams County, Pa., c. 1870, ground floor plan 60 35. Stitzer house, Spangsville, Berks County, Pa., c. 1870, south elevation 61 36. Stitzer house, Spangsville, Berks County, Pa., c. 1870, ground floor plan 62 37. Durst-Neff farmhouse, Potter Township, Centre County, Pa., 1841, south elevation 63 38. Adam Brandt house, Cumberland County, Pa., c. 1787, rear view showing summer kitchen 67 39. Abraham Bertolet house, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1736, north elevation 70 40. Abraham Bertolet house, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1736, floor plans 71 41. Springhouse, Adams County, Pa., c. 1860 75 42. Erpff root cellar, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa., late eighteenth century 76 43. Keim homestead root cellar, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., late eighteenth century 77 44. Boone homestead smokehouse, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., date unknown 78 45. Charming Forge bakehouse interior, Robesonia vicinity, Berks County, Pa., late eighteenth century 80 46. Boone homestead bakehouse, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., date unknown 81 47. Johannes Hess summer kitchen, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa., c. 1850, ground floor plan 82 48. Backenstose summer kitchen and springhouse, Buffalo Springs, Lebanon County, Pa., nineteenth century, north and west sides 83 list of illustrations ix 49. Erpff dairy house, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa., late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, east side 84 50. Tulpehocken Manor privy, Lebanon County, Pa., late nineteenth century 86 51. Keim ancillary building, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1753, ground floor plan 90 52. Keim ancillary building, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1753, upper story plan 91 53. Keim ancillary building, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1753, upper story 92 54. Keim ancillary building, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1753, showing context 92 55. Ephrata Cloisters almonry, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa., mid- eighteenth century, north gable 93 56. Bertolet barn, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., 1787, south elevation 95 57. Bertolet barn, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., 1787, ground floor plan 96 58. Bertolet barn, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., 1787, upper level plan 97 59. Nicolas Knabb barn, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., c. 1735–65, schematic drawing 100 60. Diller barn, Cumberland County, Pa., nineteenth century, bankside (south) 104 61. Diller barn, Cumberland County, Pa., nineteenth century, threshing floor plan 105 62. Windom Mill barn, Lancaster County, Pa., eighteenth-nineteenth century, threshing floor plan 106 63. Alexander Schaeffer pigsty, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa., eighteenth century, south view 110 64. Windom Mill corn barn, Lancaster County, Pa., mid to late nineteenth century, south gable end 111 x list of illustrations 65. Barn, near Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa., c. 1825, showing machinery bay at left 113 66. Musselman-Ziegler barn, Cumberland County, Pa., eighteenth century with later additions, view showing bank-side (south) granary and machinery storage 114 67. Stoner barn, Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa., c. 1870, east-side horse-power shed 115 68. Stoner barn, Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa., c. 1870, west side showing forebay and additions 116 69. Stoner barn, Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa., c. 1870, lower level plan 117 70. Drive-through corncrib with machinery storage, Diller farm, Cumberland County, Pa., early twentieth century 118 71. Poultry house, Herr farm, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa., twentieth century 119 72. Tobacco hanging in the tobacco barn at Windom Mill farm, Lancaster County, Pa. 120 73. Tobacco barn, Windom Mill farm, Lancaster County, Pa., c. 1875, west and south sides 121 74. Tobacco barn, Herr farm, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa., early twentieth century, west and south sides 122 75. Spearing and drying tobacco, Lancaster County, Pa. 123 76. ‘‘Public Square in Carlisle’’ 125 77. William Montgomery house, Lancaster City, Pa., c. 1805, ground floor plan 128 78. Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess house, Lancaster City, Pa., 1787, elevation 129 79. Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess house, Lancaster City, Pa., 1787, ground floor plan 130 80. Bindery, Lancaster City, Pa., early nineteenth century, elevation 133 81. Bindery, Lancaster City, Pa., early nineteenth century, ground floor plan 134 list of illustrations xi 82. 523 High Street, Lancaster City, Pa., date unknown, ground floor plan 136 83. Jacob and Catherine Eichholtz house, Lancaster City, Pa., late 1820s, first floor plan 138 84. Lydia Hamilton Smith house, Lancaster City, Pa., c. 1870, elevation 142 85. Lydia Hamilton Smith house, Lancaster City, Pa., c. 1870, second floor plan 143 86. Central Market, Lancaster City, Pa., 1889, south facade 150 87. Market, Lebanon, Pa., 1889, main fac¸ade 151 88. Franklin House,