Object ID:
1221.027
Object Name:
Model, Instructional
Title:
Mennonite Meeting House
Description:
Mennonite Meeting House/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5
"Mennonite Meeting House" located on the front of the base.
"WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base.
The Mennonite Meeting House is located in Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is under the control and guidance of the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust which is a nonprofit organization that has a mission to care and preserve the 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meeting House. The meeting house is a prominent symbol of the first permanent Mennonite settlement in North America. The Mennonite Meeting House is also coupled with the Germantown cemetery. The 1770 meeting was the replacement home for the original log cabin meeting place that was built in 1708. The house that has stood there since 1770 is made of Wissahickon schist stone that is local to the area, and was built by a master builder by the name of Jacob Knorr. Throughout the years, the house has undergone interior changes, installations, and additions. It now serves as a historic site and museum to the community.
[Jackie Miller, MU]
"Mennonite Meeting House" located on the front of the base.
"WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base.
The Mennonite Meeting House is located in Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is under the control and guidance of the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust which is a nonprofit organization that has a mission to care and preserve the 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meeting House. The meeting house is a prominent symbol of the first permanent Mennonite settlement in North America. The Mennonite Meeting House is also coupled with the Germantown cemetery. The 1770 meeting was the replacement home for the original log cabin meeting place that was built in 1708. The house that has stood there since 1770 is made of Wissahickon schist stone that is local to the area, and was built by a master builder by the name of Jacob Knorr. Throughout the years, the house has undergone interior changes, installations, and additions. It now serves as a historic site and museum to the community.
[Jackie Miller, MU]
Year Range from:
1935
Year Range to:
1943
Material:
Ceramic, Metal
Dimensions:
H-4.25 W-4.25 L-4.75 inches
Provenance:
By WPA PA probably in 1930s. Set was in the education museum of M.S.T.C., probably on the Campus Elementary School which is now called the Retan Center, until transferred to Warren L. MIller Elementary School after it was built in 1972. Most recent location was in WLM school library.
Source:
Warren L. Miller Elementary School
Catalog Date:
06/13/2016