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Originally a modest three-room structure, by 1798 it was radically altered to include refinements of the Anglo-American elite after which it was purchased by Samuel Rex, who was Schaefferstown's most prominent resident. The home and its occupants represent the product "of cultural conflict between
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residence with originally scored plaster exterior and, currently, a horizontal wooden siding and a gable roof. It measures thirty-two feet by twelve feet and has gable end brick chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing
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the English majority and an ethnic German minority," where historians contend there was pressure of Pennsylvania Germans to culturally conform.
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The Gemberling-Rex House is open for tours as part of the
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Rex House is located in Pennsylvania
Rex House is located in the United States
Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania
40°17′53″N 76°17′36″W / 40.29806°N 76.29333°W / 40.29806; -76.29333
80003551
Schaefferstown
Heidelberg Township
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania German
half timbered
smoke house
outhouse
cistern
Historic Schaefferstown
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rex House"
"Interpreting the Gemberling-Rex House Bradley K. Smith Harrisburg Area Community College"
doi
10.2307/pennhistory.75.1.0086
ISSN
0031-4528
Historic Schaefferstown website

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