58—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29, 1976
A rose garden symbolistic of the landscaping in Lititz reflects the
colonial air of the town.
Lititz has retained its
By MELISSA PIPER
August 1778, the complex a ll over the United States
LITITZ - Many Lancaster was used as a war and other countries have
County communities were headquarters and medical viewed the unusual candy
settled during the early 18th facility under the command molds and containers m
century and have spanned of General Washington. eluded in the museum’s
the generations since. But Across from Linden Hall exhibits.
Lititz, like few other towns, and the Moravian Church, Several older structures
has retained an abundance the small Sturgis Pretzel S uch as the General Sutter
of early historical flavor. Backery still stands much as inn, the Hans Mueller house
Its history closely it did almost 200 years ago. and’ small shops on “Zum
following the Moravian Each year, busloads of Anker Alley” are reminscent
religious movement in this tourists visit the quaint of the early 19th century
area, Lititz was formly dwelling to view the old settlers.
founded in 1756-receiving its method of hand twisting
name from a Bohemian pretzels.
A quiet and lovely land-
The Lititz Moravian Church stands
quietly much as it did two centuries
ago
community where the
Moravian Church was
founded three hundred years
before.
Nestled in the middle of
the town is the Lititz Springs
Park the first mention of
which was noted in 1778. The
title of the park is vested in
the Moravian Congregations
but the management of the
facility is by a committee of
residents.
It was a farmer, George
Klein, who donated the 500
acres for the founding of the
religious community and in
early 1757, the town was
surveyed and laid out in
lots
Even in the early colonial
period, the park was used for
concerts and picnics and is
well noted in the area for the
July 4th celebration held on
its premises each summer.
Across a winding maze of
railroad tracks, separating
the park from the rest of the
town stands the huge
building house the Wilbur
Chocolate Company. Along
with its mam offices and
plant facilities, the Wilbur
Company also houses a
Candy-Americana Museum -
one of the few such museums
in the world. Visitors from
A walking tour of the
northern Lancaster County
community provides
visitors, with a short trip
back into history as many of
the buildings still standing
today were part of the first
early town. The Moravian
Church complex located on
Mam Street was built in 1787
and later remodeled in 1857.
The buildings adjacent to the
Moravian Church were once
the Sister’s House and is now
known as the Linden Hall
Girl’s School
Also located in the com
plex is the Brethren House
which was used as a hospital
during the Revolutionary
War. From December 1777 to
There’s nothing like a little
experience to upset a theory.
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A guidepost to visitors, the sign in plex, bears the date of the founding of
front of the Moravian Church com- the religious movement in this area.
historic colonial past
scaped community, Lititz colonies. The older homes still remain as a memorial to
still bears the influence of and secluded walkways those people who planned
the Eurpoean settlers who reflect the religious attitudes Lititz as a free religious
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