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Peter Wentz Farmstead
An authentic, working 18th-century Pennsylvania German farm
 
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George Washington is said to have slept in the house when it served as headquarters for the American forces in October 1777. You can check out the room in which he stayed. Since family legend had it that Washington stayed there, future owners left it virtually unchanged
 
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Get a glimpse of life on an 18th-century working farm, where the crops and the livestock are much the same as they would have been when the early Pennsylvania Germans first established this homestead. Learn how the farmers shear wool from sheep, visit with craftspeople producing the finished product and see open-hearth cooking in the summer kitchen.

The historic house still has the interior paint decoration distinctive of the Pennsylvania Germans and the barn contains specialized hand-tools from the period.

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COME PREPARED
Admission is free, alchohol is not permitted and dogs must be leashed.
DON'T MISS
Sheep Shearing Day in mid April; Colonial Summer Camp in late June; and the Laerenswaert Colonial craft festival in October.
AMENITIES
Restrooms Drinking Water Food and Beverage Equipment Rental/Storage Gift Shop Wheelchair Accessible Wireless Car Parking
EVENTS
Laerenswaert
Saturday, October 18
CONTACT INFO
Shearer Road and Route 73
Worcester, PA 19490

(610) 584-5104
http://www.montcopa.org/historicsites/peter%20wentz%20narrative.htm
Neighborhood: Montgomery County
 
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