Rittenhouse Town
William Rittenhouse, first Mennonite minister in America, erected here in 1690 the colonies' first paper mill. Successive generations of Rittenhouses built additional mills, establishing this region as the center of American papermaking. By the 1850s this village had over 40 buildings, and seven early buildings survive from this once prosperous industrial community. Scientist David Rittenhouse was born here in 1732.
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesPrinceton University LibraryJohn Carter Brown Library, Brown UniversityDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov
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