Myerstown is a borough located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,062 at the 2010 Census. It is home to over 100 businesses, including a Bayer HealthCare manufacturing plant, Farmer Boy Ag, Stoneridge Towne Centre and Wengers of Myerstown. The Evangelical Seminary is located on South College Street.
Tripp Family Homestead, also known as "Tripp House", is a historic house at 1101 N. Main Avenue in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Tulpehocken Manor Plantation, also known as the Ley Home, is a historic property which is located near Myerstown, Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Maj. John Neff Homestead is a historic home and barn located at Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The log house is a 2+1⁄2-story, 4-bay by 2-bay dwelling with a gable roof. At the rear is a 2+1⁄2-story log and frame ell. Also on the property is a large stone barn, measuring 84 feet by 50 feet. Both buildings date to the last half of the 19th century.
William Black Homestead is a historic home located at New Cumberland in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1776, and consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, 3-bay, fieldstone main section with a gable roof, and a 1-story kitchen wing. The house was restored in 1960. A large one-story frame wing was added in 1975, containing modern amenities.
Heinrich Zeller House, also known as Fort Zeller and Zeller's Fort, is a historic 1+1⁄2-story building that has served as a fort, block house and residence. The historic structure is located in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
John Immel House was an historic farm house located in Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1814, in the Pennsylvania German Traditional architecture style, from locally quarried limestone and featured master masonry work. It was strategically located near the Union Canal towpath to take advantage of quick access to the fastest transportation system in the southeastern Pennsylvania area during the early nineteenth century.
Old Homestead, also known as Pine Grove Farm and Honey Creek Farm, is a historic home located in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1824 and 1825, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal-style dwelling with a gable roof. The building measures 39 feet, 4 inches, by 38 feet, 6 inches. It features unusual stepped front and rear walls.
John Englehardt Homestead is a historic home located at Upper Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections between 1725 and about 1850. The oldest part is a 2+1⁄2-story, stone dwelling, with two-bay Germanic style front facade. A 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian style, five-bay-wide stone section was added about 1800. The third section was built in the mid-19th century, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame structure. Also on the property is a contributing Swiss bank barn.
Conrad Grubb Homestead is a historic home located near Schwenksville, Upper Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1754, and is a 2+1⁄2-story Germanic style dwelling. It is built of red and gray shale and sandstone.
Jenkins Homestead is a historic home located at Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1805, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, stucco over stone dwelling. It has two front entryways, one entering onto a through central hallway. It is the oldest structure in Lansdale.
Dielman Kolb Homestead is a historic home located at 331 Kinsey Road, near Lederach in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The house was built in 1717, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, gambrel roofed dwelling with a modified Germanic floor plan. It has an attached summer kitchen.
Andreas Rieth Homestead is a historic home located near Pennsburg at Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The property has two contributing buildings. The Rieth Farmhouse is a 2+1⁄2-story, stone dwelling originally built in the Germanic style, but later modified to a Georgian plan. It has a rear kitchen addition. Also on the property is a former 1/2-story, stone bank house later converted to a bank barn.
Hopper-Snyder Homestead is a historic home located at Delaware Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1800, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay by two bay, rectangular stone dwelling with a wood-frame addition. It has a gable roof and interior stone chimney.
Benjamin Taylor Homestead, also known as Dolington Manor, is a historic home located at Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, seven bay stone dwelling built in three sections between 1738 and 1820. It has a gable roof and measures 30 feet by 60 feet. The front facade features an arcade and two entryways.
Gen. John Lacey Homestead is a historic home located at Wycombe, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in six sections over 200 years, with the earliest constructed in 1755. The oldest section is a 2+1⁄2-story, random-fieldstone structure with a slate-covered gable roof. Attached to it are two 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone sections with slate gable roofs. The fourth section is a 1+1⁄2-story, plaster-covered stone section. The fifth section is a 1+1⁄2-story, enclosed porch with a shed roof. The sixth section is a 1+1⁄2-story, frame section with a gable roof. It was the home of Revolutionary War General John Lacey (1755–1814).
Derbydown Homestead, also known as the Abraham Marshall House and Birthplace of Humphry Marshall, is a historic home located in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original house was built in 1707, as a one-room, three bay, 1+1⁄2-story stone structure. It was later enlarged to have a gabrel roof. In 1764, it was enlarged again to 2+1⁄2 stories with stone and brick construction, and the roof modified to a gable roof with pent eve. Also on the property is a large barn with a gambrel roof. It was first owned by Abraham Marshall, founder of the Bradford Friends Meetinghouse, which met in the house from 1722 to 1727. Marshall was the father of botanist Humphry Marshall, who was born at the house in 1722.
Hayes Homestead, also known as Green Lawn Farm, is a historic home located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built about 1770, with a 1+1⁄2-story stone kitchen wing added about 1799, and two-story frame addition in 1882. The original section is a two-story log structure with full basement and attic. It has a gable roof and mammoth central stone chimney.
Sharpless Homestead, also known as Radley Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It includes four green serpentine stone vernacular buildings built between about 1790 and 1860. They are the farmhouse, stable, springhouse, and smoke house. The main section of the farmhouse was built about 1790 and rebuilt in 1860. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, four bay, serpentine structure. The three-story, three bay, east section was added about 1820, and the two-story northeast section was added about 1831. It is the birthplace of Isaac Sharpless, professor and president of Haverford College.
Christian Ley (1762-1831) was an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, serving in the 24th Pennsylvania General Assembly from 1799 to 1802. He subsequently filled the vacant Pennsylvania Senate seat of John Kean, holding that position from 1805 to 1806.
