Is this Weiser's House? - Womelsdorf PA
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 21.498 W 076° 10.312
18T E 400493 N 4468185
We can't be sure. We know that Conrad Weiser owned this land and lived on the property from 1729 to about 1750. And there is a strong oral tradition indicating that Weiser's house stood on this spot.
Waymark Code: WM12HJJ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2020
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Is this Weiser's House? -We can't be sure. We know that Conrad Weiser owned this land and lived on the property from 1729 to about 1750. And there is a strong oral tradition indicating that Weiser's house stood on this spot. But archaeology conducted in 2000 found few artifacts dating to the early 1700s.
Even if Weiser lived in this house, it has changed quite a bit since his time. The Scheetz family, who farmed the area after the Weisers, used the homestead as a summer kitchen. Later owners made repairs after a fire and a tornado damaged the building in the early 1900s. More renovations occurred when Conrad Weiser Memorial Park was founded in the 1920s. As a result, very little of the original construction material remains.
Group that erected the marker: Conrad Weiser Homestead
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
20 Weiser Lane
On the grounds of the Conrad Weiser Homestead
Womelsdorf, PA USA
19567
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