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Southern Lancaster County Historical Society, Inc.
Official Website
This former tobacco warehouse, built in 1878, is currently the home office, meeting room and archive of the Southern Lancaster County Historical Society.
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OUR COVERAGE AREA - Southern Lancaster County Historical Society, locally known as “Solanco (So-Lan-Co) Historical Society,” serves the southern end of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, including Quarryville Borough and Bart, Colerain, Drumore, East Drumore, Eden, Fulton, Little Britain, Martic, Providence and Sadsbury Townships. We are located largely in a farming community.
We welcome any information and inquiries pertaining to this area. See the Contact page tab above or visit in person at 1932 Robert Fulton Highway (State Route 222), 6 miles south of Quarryville, PA 17566.
The following page contains our mission statement and information on the origins of our organization.
On Wednesday, July 1st, Pennsylvania Representative Bryan Cutler and Solanco Historical Society President Stanley White participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument at Unicorn in remembrance of four distinguished men from the Southern End. The marker is located on the east side of Robert Fulton Highway (Route 222) near the intersections of Puseyville and Black Bear Roads. Below is a copy of the speech given by Stan White providing biographical information on each of the four Revolutionary War era gentlemen.
