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Special
Projects:
Projects:
The Heinrich Bartel House
YOU CAN HELP! This is the most ambitious
project undertaken by the Museums sine the 1958 move of the
Loewen House. To make the Bartel House a reality we need
funds and we will need volunteers to help work on the house. If
you would like to join the effort please contact us.
project undertaken by the Museums sine the 1958 move of the
Loewen House. To make the Bartel House a reality we need
funds and we will need volunteers to help work on the house. If
you would like to join the effort please contact us.
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EINRICH BARTEL, a Polish immigrant,
built this interesting house in 1879 north
of what would become Hillsboro. The
historic structure, donated to the
museums by Glen and Susan Kliewer of
Hillsboro, will be relocated and restored
at the Mennonite Settlement Museum.
NATIONAL TREASURES: One of the
greatest events in all of history was the
American westward movement of
European settlers. It changed America –
and America changed the world. The
settlement movement across America left
a gigantic mosaic of ethnic settlements in
its wake. The west half of Marion County
played a unique role in that movement.
Here Russian and Polish Mennonites
built settlement villages.
The Mennonites from Russia are
represented at the Museum by the 1876
Peter Paul Loewen house. The Loewen
House is a national treasure. The
settlements built by Polish Mennonites
were culturally distinct from the majority
Mennonites in the area who came from
south Russia. The Heinrich Bartel
House is a very important and rare
artifact from an almost unacknowledged
part of Marion County history. It is an
important complement for the existing
Peter Paul Loewen House and Friesen
Mill. This is an opportunity for the City of
Hillsboro to acquire another national
treasure.
THE REST OF THE STORY: Although a
smaller group then the Russian
Mennonites, the Polish Mennonites are
an important part of the Mennonite
settlement history of the area. The
interpretation of Heinrich Bartel and his
family will result in attention directed to
the Polish Mennonite settlements north
of Hillsboro in the French Creek area
and the Johannesthal and Bruderthal
settlements.
UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE: In addition to
the value of the house as an important
educational tool, it is an architectural
treasure, as well. All hand crafted in
1879, the house has many interesting
and unique architectural folk elements.
The beginning of the project has been
designated a Year of the Museum
event.
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