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Walk to just before Church Sq. Avenue.

Turn left to gaze up Church Sq. Avenue to the building facing you.

#3 Church Square

Brothers’ House, 1759. A residence for young unmarried brothers who learned trades of shoemaker, weaver, carpenter, baker, butcher. Behind it was a farm and craft shops. General Washington commandeered it in December 1777 as a military hospital for 450 wounded from the Battle of Brandywine. Typhus soon swept it causing many deaths. In August 1778, 66 remaining wounded were transferred to Lancaster. Of the 120 who died, 110 were re-interred less than a half mile east at 502 East Main Street in the Rev War Cemetery. (In October, 1932, while digging a house cellar at 103 S. Locust St, the remains were found. The house was for either Andy Althouse or Jacob Hertzler.)

Today used as a Sunday School and Church Administration.

Now turn slightly right to see the three story building with the half porch.

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#1 Church Square

Lititz Moravian Museum & Archives, 1908. Home for Aged Women until mid-1970s. Now 5 rooms of artifacts, documents and musical instruments.

Now turn to face across East Main Street to.

145 E. Main

Christian Schropp House, 1793. Schropp was the town nailsmith, a teacher, musician, and organist. It’s now the kid-friendly museum and gift shop of Lititz Historical Foundation.

Walk across Church Sq. Avenue. Walk about 10 feet on the sidewalk.