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FOUNDER OF SCHAEFFERSTOWN, PA.
BORN IN GERMANY JANUARY 8, 1712.
MIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1738
DIED APRIL 10, 1786
IN 1758 SCHAEFFER AND HIS WIFE ANNA, PURCHASED THE LAND
SURROUNDING SCHAEFFERSTOWN (FORMERLY HEIDELBERG) LAID
OUT THE TOWN AND SOLD LOTS TO THE SQUATTERS WHO ALREADY
HAD HOMES. ON JULY 16, 1763, HE SOLD THE LAND AND SPRING
(NOW FOUNTAIN PARK) ALONG WITH THE PIPES AND TROUGHS
OF THE GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM TO REPRESENTATTIVES OF THE
PEOPLE OF MARKET STREET. THIS ACT CREATED THE WATER
COMPANY WHICH LATER BECAME THE FIRST CHARTERED WATER
WORKS IN THE UNITED STATES.
ERECTED BY THE HEIDELBERG LIONS CLUB
1963