Finding a Light in the Forest: Conrad Weiser Homestead

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Finding a Light in the Forest: Conrad Weiser Homestead More than any other, Conrad Weiser (1696-1760) captured the imagination of the Pennsylvania German community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a time when its leaders asserted its right to be considered a major participant in the building of America. The veneration he was accorded led to the creation in 1923 of the historic park bearing his name and interpreting his...
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Letters to the Editor

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Letters to the Editor Green Thumbs Up! “Green Thumbs Up!” to Pennsylvania Heritage for the story on Pennsylvania gardens [“Old World Influences of Pennsylvania Gardens” by Myra K. Jacobsohn, Spring 2005]. ram most impressed by the gardens that the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission manages, particularly those at the Weiser Homestead. I drive by the property several times a year but...
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Old World Influences on Pennsylvania Gardens

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Old World Influences on Pennsylvania Gardens Quaker merchants who followed founder William Penn (1644-1718) to his beloved colony planted formal, English-style gardens amidst the native forest landscape. An ornamental garden suitable for a family of means in Great Britain in the seventeenth century consisted of a residence with a series of three terraces descending from the rear elevation. The upper terrace, often used as an extension of...
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