Oregon is an unincorporated community that is located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is situated near the intersection of PA 722 and the Oregon Pike (PA 272, formerly U.S. 222), between Lancaster and Ephrata. Lititz Run passes through the village and joins the Conestoga River by the former Pinetown lumber mill and covered bridge.
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Christian and Emma Herr Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located at West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes six contributing buildings. They are a brick farmhouse, a stone end barn, a frame tobacco barn, a frame summer kitchen, a tenant house, and a frame shed. The farmhouse was built in 1867, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay by two bay, brick dwelling. It has a recessed three bay by two bay east wing, and a full-width front porch. The summer kitchen is attached to the wing.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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The Shreiner Farm is an historic farm and national historic district that is located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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The Oregon Mill Complex, also known as the Oregon Pike Mill & House or the Oregon Mill-Twin Springs Farm, is an historic grist mill complex in Oregon, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania along Lititz Run.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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The Pinetown Bushong's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Big Conestoga #6 Bridge. The bridge is also known as Pinetown Covered Bridge, Nolte's Point Mill Bridge and Bushong's Mill Bridge.
The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from oak planks. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in red with white trim.
The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-36-05. Added in 1980, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003527. It is located at 40°6′19.2″N 76°14′53.4″W.
Lititz Run joins the Conestoga River at this site.
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Lititz Run is a 7.2-mile-long tributary of the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The creek flows from the springs of Lititz Springs Park in Lititz, Pennsylvania southwest past Rothsville through the Millport Conservancy towards Oregon. Blue Herons are known to nest in the area. Lititz Run joins the Conestoga just downstream from its confluence with the Cocalico Creek, at the Pinetown Covered Bridge.
Lititz Run is known as a model watershed project after wetland and riparian corridor restoration work was performed starting in 1997 by the Lititz Run Watershed Alliance.
The run powered industry in the area in the 1700s and 1800s, including mills at Millport, Oregon, and Pinetown and industry in Lititz.
There are a few dozen houses in the village and a handful of small businesses, not including the surrounding farms. Oregon is served by Red Rose Transit Route 11.