C26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22,1980 Century Farm award Winner
REFTON When the stone farm house. Beside
Rev. Christian Herr, Jr this house stands the barn
bought his farm in 1810, he which was built in 1774
probably had little idea that
a town would be founded on The farm, passed from
it. But in 1877, Refton was generation to generation for
built on land belonging to the 170 years, has slowly
Herr family. decreased in size. Refton
Daniel Herr, founder of took quite a sizable piece of
Refton, bought the farm land along with Route 222
from Christian Herr in 1814 which cuts through the
and built the still-standing center of the original deeded
The 82-acre Maurice Herr farm, near Refton, has a deed dating back to 1810
when the Rev. Christian Herr, Jr. purchased the property.
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Refton founded on Herr farmland
COUNTY
plot leaving only 82 acres
today
The farm is now owned by
Martha Herr, wife of the late
Maurice Herr who pur
chased the farm in 1950.
Maurice is the great, great
grandson of Daniel Herr.
The farm is operated by
Kenneth Meek, a neigh
boring farmer, who grows
corn and alfalfa on its land.
The bam remains unused
except for storage of
equipment and tools.
However, the tobacco shed is
rented by Lancaster Leaf,
according to Mrs. Herr.
She also reported proudly
that limestone from the farm
was used to build the
Millersville State Normal
School.
The Herr’s hope to con
tinue to keep the farm in the
Herr name, however Mrs
Herr seems doubtful as she
iTATE.
says her two sons are a impossble ” busy keeping her farm “in
veterinarian and a dentist Mrs Herr still enjoys shape.”
“My daughter married living on the Herr farm She
Donald Graybill who is a likes to play her late The Herr family will be
farmer and they’d like to husband’s collection of among eleven other farm
have the farm. But their music boxes and to show families honored Thursday
farm is 12 miles away,” Mrs people her collection of night for owning a Lancaster
Herr said “So that’s almost glassware when she isn’t County Century Farm.
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