"A Landscape of Incalculable Advantage"

August 17, 2025

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Overview

Historic Rock Ford's 2025 Lecture Series presents "A Landscape of 'Incalculable Advantage': How the Lime Industry Shaped Everyday Life in 18th and 19th Century Southeastern Pennsylvania." Presenter Peter Glogovsky's lecture will explore how the limestone and lime industries in southeastern Pennsylvania were critical in shaping everyday life in the 18th and early 19th Century. This program highlights some of the people who quarried stone, burned lime, and used these commodities in an effort to demonstrate the extent to which this industry contributed to Pennsylvania’s rural and urban cultural landscapes and industrial development. This lecture will begin at 6 PM in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. Prior to the lecture, the Snyder Gallery will be open from 5 PM to 6 PM so that attendees may visit the Gallery which includes our 2025 Focus Exhibit “1825: Lafayette in Lancaster.”

Contact

Historic Rock Ford 881 Rockford Road Lancaster, PA 17602
(717) 392-7223

Admission

$10 General Admission

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