historicsites: Peter Wentz: Stove

Montgomery County, PA

P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404-0311
Courthouse Hours: 8:30a.m. to 4:15p.m.
Phone: 610-278-3000
Website: www.montcopa.org

Peter Wentz Farmstead

Stove

In the middle of the 18th century the five-plate stove was popular amoung German colonists for heating. The firebox, made of five cast iron plates, was set into the stone wall behind a fireplace.

Stove

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