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Rex House

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Rex House Schaeffertown PA
Rex House Schaeffertown PA

The Rex House, also known as the Gemberling-Rex House, is an historic, American home that is located in Schaefferstown in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1729 by early Pennsylvania German settlers, his structure is a 2+1⁄2-story, half timbered residence with originally scored plaster exterior and, currently, a horizontal wooden siding and a gable roof. It measures thirty-two feet by twelve feet and has gable end brick chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing smoke house, bake oven, stone foundation of a barn and outhouse and cistern.

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Rex House
Heidelberg Avenue, Heidelberg Township

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Heidelberg Avenue 100
17088 Heidelberg Township
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