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1719 Hans Herr House: Oldest home in Lancaster County, the beautiful stone Hans Herr House was built in 1719 by Swiss-German Mennonite immigrants, the first permanent white settlers in what is now Lancaster County, PA, who arrived in 1710. Also used for worship services, it is oldest extant Mennonite meetinghouse in the Western Hemisphere. The Mennonite Information Center: Welcome center for visitors to the Lancaster Mennonite and Amish community and the life-size Biblical Tabernacle Reproduction. Lancaster Mennonite Conference: One of two area Mennonite conferences with which the Society is affiliated and whose records we archive; conference dates to 1711. Atlantic Coast Mennonite Conference: The other area Mennonite conference with which the Society is affiliated and whose records we archive; current conference was organized in 1978, with roots dating to 1893. Amish Studies at Young Center at Elizabethtown College: Up-to-date national Amish statistics.
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