A Landscape of Incalculable Advantage

Historic Rock Ford's 2025 Lecture Series presents "A Landscape of 'Incalculable Advantage': How the Lime Industry Shaped Everyday Life in 18th and 19th Century Southeastern Pennsylvania." Presenter Peter Glogovsky's lecture will explore how the limestone and lime industries in southeastern Pennsylvania were critical in shaping everyday life in the 18th and early 19th Century. This program highlights some of the people who quarried stone, burned lime, and used these commodities in an effort to demonstrate the extent to which this industry contributed to Pennsylvania’s rural and urban cultural landscapes and industrial development.

Before the lecture, the Snyder Gallery will be open from 5 PM to 6 PM so that attendees may visit the Gallery which includes our 2025 Focus Exhibit “1825: Lafayette in Lancaster.”

The lecture will take place from 6 PM to 8 PM in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn.

About the Presenter: Peter Glogovsky is a public historian and museum professional whose work focuses on Pennsylvania industrial history, cultural landscapes, and public memory. Peter received his Doctorate in 2022 in American Studies from Penn State University. He earned his M.A. in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and his B.A. in Art History and Anthropology from Franklin and Marshall College. Peter first discovered his interest in historic landscapes while growing up in rural Berks County where he explored old farmsteads, fields, and woodlands.

You may also like the following events from Historic Rock Ford:

• Next month, 7th September, 02:00 pm, 18th Century Law in Lancaster
• This October, 12th October, 03:00 pm, Social Dance in Lancaster
• This October, 15th October, 06:30 pm, Haunted Encounters Specialty Tour in Lancaster

Also check out other Arts events in Lancaster.