Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720-1920

268 Pages·2011·10.456 MB·English

by  Sally McMurry, Nancy Van Dolsen

Architecture and Landscape
1720 1920
of the Pennsylvania Germans, –
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Architecture
and Landscape
of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720–1920
Q
sally m murry
edited by c
nancy van dolsen
and
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia ∙ Oxford
Copyright(cid:1)2011UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress
Allrightsreserved.Exceptforbriefquotationsusedforpurposesofrevieworscholarly
citation,noneofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformbyanymeanswithoutwritten
permissionfromthepublisher.
Publishedby
UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania19104-4112
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freepaper
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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
ArchitectureandlandscapeofthePennsylvaniaGermans,1720–1920/editedby
SallyMcMurryandNancyVanDolsen.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
isbn978-0-8122-4278-2(hardcover:alk.paper)
1.Vernaculararchitecture—Pennsylvania—PennsylvaniaDutchCountry.
2.Culturallandscapes—Pennsylvania—PennsylvaniaDutchCountry.
I.McMurry,SallyAnn,1954– II.VanDolsen,Nancy.
na730.p4a73 2011
720.9748—dc22
2010022113
Contents
Q
ListofIllustrations vii
introduction
ArchitectureandLandscape
ofthePennsylvaniaGermans,1720–1920
SallyMcMurryandNancyVanDolsen 1
chapter one
Landscapes
GabrielleLanier 10
chapter two
RuralHouses
SallyMcMurry 32
chapter three
DomesticOutbuildings
PhilipE.Pendleton 66
chapter four
BarnsandAgriculturalOutbuildings
SallyMcMurryandJ.RitchieGarrison 94
chapter five
TownHouse:FromBoroughtoCity,
Lancaster’sChangingStreetscape
BernardL.Herman,ThomasRyan,andDavidSchuyler 124
chapter six
CommerceandCulture:
PennsylvaniaGermanCommercialVernacularArchitecture
DianeWengerandJ.RitchieGarrison 146
chapter seven
ReligiousLandscapes
JerryClouse 181
Notes 209
SelectedBibliography 229
ListofContributors 239
Index 241
Acknowledgments 251
vi contents
Illustrations
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1. LewisMiller,DavidMillerloseinghishandintheApplemill
dreadfulGroundup 20
2. LewisMiller,TheFatheroftheSpanglerFamily,oldBaltzer
Spangler—oldhouseonemilefromYork 21
3. LewisMiller,ThefarmofSusannaSpangler 22
4. LewisMiller,MichaelHeinigae,thebirdcatcher 22
5. LewisMiller,PauleMayer,AndhisSister,andtheheartCherrys 23
6. LewisMiller,TheGeigerFamily,AndLewisMiller 24
7. ‘‘IsraelKriebelFarm.’’PhotographbyH.WinslowFegley 26
8. ‘‘DeirolfHomestead,StoneRollHill,Pa.’’Photographby
H.WinslowFegley 27
9. Loadedlimestonewagonandlimekiln.Photographby
H.WinslowFegley 28
10. ‘‘Scenesduringtheapplepickingseason.’’Photographby
H.WinslowFegley 29
11. PennsylvaniaGermanfarm,earlytwentiethcentury.Photograph
byH.WinslowFegley 30
12. FarmersloadingtobaccoontoaDuwack-Leeder(tobaccoladder).
PhotographbyH.WinslowFegley 31
13. Half-timberingwithbrickinfill,Boalsburg,Pa.,c.1810 35
14. JohannesHesshouse,Lititzvicinity,LancasterCounty,Pa.,mid-
eighteenthcentury 36
15. Vaultedcellar,BenedictEshlemanhouse,LancasterCounty,Pa.,
1759 38
16. Rattailhinge,cornercupboard,BenedictEshlemanhouse,
LancasterCounty,Pa.,1759 39
17. Keimancillaryhousecellar,BerksCounty,Pa.,c.1753 40
18. Zellerhouse,Newmanstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,1745,interior 41
19. Zellerhouse,Newmanstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,1745,east
elevation 42
20. Zellerhouse,Newmanstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,1745,
doorwayanddatestone 43
21. Zellerhouse,Newmanstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,1745,first
floorplan 44
22. Zellerhouse,Newmanstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,1745 45
23. ChristianLeyhouse,LebanonCounty,Pa.,mid-eighteenth
century,eastelevation 46
24. ChristianLeyhouse,LebanonCounty,Pa.,mid-eighteenth
century,floorplans 47
25. Wernerhouse,Lititz,LancasterCounty,Pa.,mid-eighteenth
century,firstfloorplan 48
26. JosephStaymanhouse,CumberlandCounty,Pa.,pre-1798,first
andsecondfloorplans 51
27. AdamBrandthouse,CumberlandCounty,Pa.,c.1787,ground
floorplan 52
28. ChristLutheranChurchparsonage,Stouchsburg,BerksCounty,
Pa.,1772,groundfloorplan 53
29. JohnandElizabethMoyerhouse,Bernville,BerksCounty,Pa.,
c.1817 54
30. BenedictandAnnaEshlemanhouse,ConestogaTownship,
LancasterCounty,Pa.,1759,reconstructedgroundfloorplan 56
31. Stiegelhouse,Schaefferstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,c.1757,
reconstructedfirstperiodfloorplans 57
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32. Stiegelhouse,Schaefferstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,c.1757,west
frontandsouthside 58
33. Bennerfarmhouse,MountJoyTownship,AdamsCounty,Pa.,
c.1870,frontelevation 59
34. Bennerfarmhouse,MountJoyTownship,AdamsCounty,Pa.,
c.1870,groundfloorplan 60
35. Stitzerhouse,Spangsville,BerksCounty,Pa.,c.1870,south
elevation 61
36. Stitzerhouse,Spangsville,BerksCounty,Pa.,c.1870,groundfloor
plan 62
37. Durst-Nefffarmhouse,PotterTownship,CentreCounty,Pa.,
1841,southelevation 63
38. AdamBrandthouse,CumberlandCounty,Pa.,c.1787,rearview
showingsummerkitchen 67
39. AbrahamBertolethouse,OleyTownship,BerksCounty,Pa.,
c.1736,northelevation 70
40. AbrahamBertolethouse,OleyTownship,BerksCounty,Pa.,
c.1736,floorplans 71
41. Springhouse,AdamsCounty,Pa.,c.1860 75
42. Erpffrootcellar,Schaefferstown,LebanonCounty,Pa.,late
eighteenthcentury 76
43. Keimhomesteadrootcellar,OleyTownship,BerksCounty,Pa.,
lateeighteenthcentury 77
44. Boonehomesteadsmokehouse,OleyTownship,BerksCounty,
Pa.,dateunknown 78
45. CharmingForgebakehouseinterior,Robesoniavicinity,Berks
County,Pa.,lateeighteenthcentury 80
46. Boonehomesteadbakehouse,OleyTownship,BerksCounty,Pa.,
dateunknown 81
47. JohannesHesssummerkitchen,Lititz,LancasterCounty,Pa.,
c.1850,groundfloorplan 82
48. Backenstosesummerkitchenandspringhouse,BuffaloSprings,
LebanonCounty,Pa.,nineteenthcentury,northandwestsides 83
list of illustrations ix