House Proud:
Above: H Reist Landis and wife Maria Landis stand beside their impressive farmhouse near Lititz
Farmer H. (Henry) Reist Landis (1851-1934) was one of the most prominent Mennonites in the Lititz area. He was a member of the Penn Township school board, and was a founder of Lititz National Bank. Plus he was a founder of Lancaster's Northern National Bank at Lancaster, and the Independent Telephone Company of Lancaster County.
Above: The Brubaker Homestead on Brubaker Valley Road near Lititz
Dillman Bomberger scratched a replica of the house's datestone into this photograph's glass plate negative. The initials "H B & M B" are the initials of the Mennonite couple who built this farmhouse in 1770: Hans Brubaker and Maria Brubaker.
Above: The Eby Homestead near Lititz
This house is the earliest house associated with the Eby family in America. It was built in 1754 by Christian Eby (1704-1756) and wife Elizabeth (Mayer) Eby (ca. 1714-1787).
Above: The Henry Walter House near Schoeneck, Lancaster County.
Dillman's brother Norman holds cat tails in front of his mother Emma Bomberger. This Germanic sandstone farmhouse was built ca. 1750 to 1768. The house survives today on Greenville Road, West Cocalico Township. This important early house is included in the National Register of Historic Places, and is described in detail here by the late historian John J. Snyder III.
Above: An anonymous family poses in front of their Victorian townhouse, ca.1870s.
Above: Guy Bomberger and the Reists in Schaefferstown
Dillman labeled this photograph "Reists' home." Schoolteacher Elmer A. Reists sits in the center, beside his wife Ida (Blackenstose) Reist. Elmer attended Millersville State Normal School (Millersville University) when Dillman was there. Dillman's brother Guy sits in a rocking chair on the left.
The house is a ca. 1880s-90s Victorian house with shaped brackets in the gable. The porch is decorated with spool turnings and fretwork brackets. The house is located at 1236 Heidelberg Ave. in Schaefferstown.
Above: A ca. 1840s story-and-one-half brick house with decorative brick dentil. Double front doors were fashionable for local farmhouses from ca. 1810 to 1860.
Above: A two-door farmhouse. Double doors such as these typically opened into a parlor and a kitchen.
Above: Another two-door farmhouse, with a retaining wall along a road.
Above: Dillman's label for this photograph is "Heistand's House."