Recent Posts
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Wentz Post Fall 2008
Abigail Adams to speak at the Annual Fall Meeting. Please join the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society in welcoming Abigail Adams to our Annual Fall Meeting on Wednesday Oc-tober 15th at…
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Wentz Post Spring 2008
Elizabeth R. Gamon, Remembered. Elizabeth Gamon was born in Fredericksburg, Va, attended high school in Lewistown, Pa and subsequently graduated from Bryn Mawr Hospi-tal School of Nursing.
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Wentz Post Winter 2007
Harleysville National Bank Scholarship Donation. On behalf of the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society I would like to take the opportunity to thank Harleysville National Bank for once again making a…
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Wentz Post Fall 2007
A new brochure is now available for visitors interested in learning more about our 18th centu-ry kitchen garden. The pamphlet describes some of the ways the plants in the kitchen…
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Wentz Post Spring 2007
Gracious Gifts from Dr. Godshall. The Peter Wentz Farmstead Society recently received a generous gift of two pieces of fraktur originally from the Skippack-Salford area. Dr. Richard Godshall has been…
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Wentz Post Winter 2006
Take a Shine to Our Silver. Five pieces of silver from the collection of the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society recently had a professional polish. Conservator Kory Berrett cleaned and lacquered…
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Wentz Post Summer 2006
New Equipment at the Farmstead. Haymaking is a little bit easier these days at the Farmstead thanks to the addition of two new very much needed pieces of farm equipment.…
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Wentz Post Summer 2005
Honorary Members. We honor all Society volunteers and in this issue make special note of those people who over the years have devoted a minimum of 500 hours of service…
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Wentz Post Winter 2005
Capital Projects at Peter Wentz Farmstead. Three major projects, funded through the County’s capital budget, are under way at the Farmstead. By the end of the year we will have…
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Wentz Post Spring 2005
The Peter Wentz Farmstead Society recently purchased a number of early sewing implements and a repro-duction sewing box decorated with inlaid wood, with funds donated in memory of Hazel Biddle,…