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Warwick Township was one of the original townships established when the County of Lancaster was separated from Chester County in 1729. Many of the early settlers in Warwick Township were of Germanic or Swiss ancestry. These settlers in the pre-Revolutionary period were representative of many religions, including Lutherans, Reformed, Mennonites, and Moravians. As would be expected, the location of Lititz in the midst of this township caused the Moravians to be influential in the total socio-economic and cultural life of this township for about a century following the 1750's. A very important facet of the economy of the township at least as early as the 1740's, and continuing into the early years of this century, was the prevalence of mills. These mills may be regarded as the direct product of the presence of streams, the richness of the land, and easy access to trade routes. These mills were both merchant grist mills and custom grist mills. Industrialization made little impact in Warwick Township, with the exception of those industries being established in and/or near Lititz during the late 1800's and the early 1900's.

  1. 419 Arrowhead Drive, Lititz; c. 1750-1800; one and one-half story, three bay stone Germanic style outbuilding; steep gable roof; in scale and overall external integrity this structure is a rather rare survival; the adjacent two story frame house could be of similar date; the right angle spatial relationship of the house and the stone outbuilding follows time-honored Germanic traditions.
  2. 421 Arrowhead Drive, Lititz; c. 1890-1900; two and one-half story, five bay brick late Victorian house; hipped roof is unusual; two dormer windows; original shutters; segmental brick arches over openings; porch has scroll brackets; central entry; originally part of the same property at 419 Arrowhead Drive (see #1).
  3. REIST FARMSTEAD, Becker Road, south of Log Cabin Road, Lititz; 1836; two and one-half story, four bay limestone Federal house; gable roof; paired lunettes in gable end with red brick voussoirs; three panel shutters on first floor front; datestone; rear frame wing is later addition; later windows; one panel transom over front door.
  4. BRUNNERVILLE FOUNDRY, Brunnerville Road, Lititz; c. 1850; one story, five bay brick blacksmith shop (machine shop); low gable roof; founded by Peter Brunner; some operations of this foundry are believed to have been one of the oldest small-town businesses of its type in Pennsylvania.
  5. (Hess Mennonite Church), Clay Road, south of Newport Road, Lititz; 1859; two and one-half story, seven bay brick church; gable end facade; six over six window sash; datestone; among the larger, traditional forms of Mennonite churches in northern Lancaster County; successive additions through the 1940's.
  6. Creek Road, east side, south of Millport Road, Lititz; later 1700's; one story, three bay stone building (vacant); gable roof; porch has been removed; building may have had a combined use such as a kitchen/springhouse or even a distillery.
  7. 81 North Heck Road, Lititz; late 1700's; two and one-half story, eight bay brick/stone house; illustrates a complex evolution of several stages of construction; windows are nine over six and may be original; brick addition dates 1820; 1811 brick barn on site.
  8. ROME MILL (Lititz Grist Mill), Lititz Run Road, Lititz; two and one-half story, three bay frame mill (vacant); gable end facade; stone foundation; at one time a distillery was operating near this site.
  9. ZOOK'S MILL COVERED BRIDGE (Rose Hill Covered Bridge), Log Cabin Road at Rose Hill Road; 1849; frame Burr arch truss bridge, covered with vertical plank siding; narrow rectangular openings under eaves; spans the Cocalico Creek; stone abutments; built by Henry Zook; one of Lancaster County's oldest covered bridges.
  10. UNION MEETINGHOUSE (Millport Mennonite Church), Log Cabin Road, east of Cedar Drive; 1846; one and one-half story, two bay brick church; common bond brickwork; gable end facade; original shutters; shingles on gable end.
  11. CHRISTIAN EBY HOUSE, 331 Meadow Valley Road; 1769; two and one-half story, three bay cut limestone Germanic house; gable roof; round ventilators near gable peak; brick segmental arches over first floor windows; two over two sash and porch are later additions; pent eave between second floor and attic; frame wing is later addition with bell in cupola; nearby stone mill, vacant for many years, is rapidly falling to ruin.
  12. JACOB WEIS HOUSE, Millport Road at Warwick Road; 1828; two and one-half story, four bay stone late Federal house; gable roof; paired lunette windows in gable ends with red brick voussoirs; front piazza is early or original; paneled shutters on first story; variant of a bank house; 1828 datestone; later frame addition.
  13. JACOB LEIB HOUSE, Millport Road, west of Hess Road; 1799; two and one-half story, five bay limestone Georgian house; central entry; paneled shutters on first story date from the nineteenth century; stone jack arches over first floor windows; added window sash and porch on first floor; 1799 datestone; stone end barn also located on site.
  14. BOMBERGER MEMORIAL, Newport Road at Memorial Road; 1734; marker denotes the site of the first settlement by Christian Bomberger.
  15. Newport Road, east of Orchard Road; c. 1820-1860; pierced brick end barn with stone foundation; reticulation in the brickwork flanking the barn doors is rather unusual; barn is nearly identical to another barn less than two miles distant (see #17).
  16. HOOBER'S TAVERN, Newport Road, east of Route 501; c. 1740; two and one-half story, eight bay house, now covered with formstone; first story rear is plastered; two over two replacement windows.
  17. Orchard Road, north of Newport Road; c. 1820-1860; pierced brick end barn with stone foundation; ventilators on roof are late Victorian additions; like the JMK pierced brick end barn in Lititz (see #16, Lititz Borough), this barn has sash windows in the projecting wooden forebay; barn is nearly identical to another barn less than two miles distant (see #15).
  18. SHOBER HOUSE, Owl Hill Road, east of Route 501; 1867; two and one-half story, four bay L-shaped brick late Classical Revival house; window sash and shutters may be original; common bond brickwork; stone tablet in the second floor wall of the rear wing; finest architectural feature of the exterior is the original and very intact entry portico.
  19. (Salem Lutheran Church), Owl Hill Road, east of Route 501;1823; two and one-half story, three bay brick Federal church; gable roof; Flemish bond brickwork; original shutters on first floor; Grecian style moldings; central entry with fanlight over eight panel door; cupola is original or a very early addition; this is among the later meetinghouse type churches ever built in Lancaster County.
  20. JOHN PFAUTZ HOUSE, Pierson Road, south of Rothsville Road; 1813; two and one-half story, five bay brick Federal house; bricks now painted; gable roof; Flemish bond brickwork; no water table; central entry with elegant fanlight doorway with beaded moldings and gouge carving; fine original piazza with six Tuscan columns and gouge carved moldings; 1813 datestone.
  21. 1248 Pine Hill Road; late 1700's; two and one-half story, four bay stone late Federal style house (vacant); rough casting or stucco over stone is very old; gable roof; chimneys have possibly been repositioned; piazza could date to mid 1800's; stone barn of moderate scale is of a general form sometimes attributed to the 1700's.
  22. 1251 Pine Hill Road; c. 1830-1850; two and one-half story, four bay brick late Federal house; high stone foundation; three panel shutters on lower story windows; window sash appears to be original; variant of a bank house.
  23. PFAUTZ MILL, Rothsville Road, at the corner of North Heck Road; 1793; three story, three bay stone mill; gable end facade; gable roof covered with wooden shingles; window sash might be original; carved datestone; may be one of the earliest of all extant three story mills built in Lancaster County.
  24. ROME HOTEL, Rothsville Road at Lititz Run Road; two and one-half story, seven bay brick Federal tavern (house); gable roof with paired chimneys in gable ends; fanlights over three balanced doorways are exceptional in detail; window sash have been altered; non-original porch and dormer; cornice may have been altered.
  25. FRIEDRICH HOUSE, Rothsville Road, opposite Pierson Road; 1797; two and one-half story, five bay brick Georgian house; gable roof; central entry with four-light transom over door; window sash appear to be original; original paneled shutters on first floor, slatted shutters above on rear wing addition; this is a major building illustrating the transition from the Georgian to the Federal styles in both its interior and exterior woodwork; one of the earliest of extant houses in Lancaster County possessing gouge carved interior woodwork.
  26. COMPASS MILL (Lititz Mill), Rothsville Road, opposite Pierson Road; 1776; two story, three bay stone Germanic mill (vacant); gable end facade; steep gable roof; window sash may be original; original door with chevron-pattern batten boards is a rare survival of traditional Germanic form; this is a largely intact mill representing the general design and scale which must have been seen in other Germanic-inspired mills of Lancaster County during the eighteenth century.
  27. (Greystone Manor), Route 272, west of Cocalico Creek;   1775; two and one-half story, three bay stone late Germanic style house; steep pitch gable roof with central chimney; central entry; flat arches over windows; prominent central window in gable end; 1775 datestone; another two and one-half story, four bay limestone Germanic house with steep pitched gable roof and double entry is located on the property.
  28. SNAVELY MILL, Snavely Mill Road, west of Hammer Creek; c. 1850's; three story, five bay limestone mill; gable end facade; quarter round windows near gable peak; ornamental brickwork is unusual; sandstone quoins; original window sash; believed to be third mill on this site; was one of the few operating mills remaining in rural Lancaster County; rebuilt after severe damage by fire in April 1985.
  29. REIST HOUSE, 820 Woodcrest Avenue, Lititz; 1795; two and one-half story, five bay stone Georgian house; two bay brick addition; house is now painted; later front porch; original twelve over twelve sash in stone portion; gable roof with end chimneys; paired datestones.