Amish Shops

The North Carolina Amish community I visited a few weeks ago has a daughter settlement, in Chatham (Pittsylvania County), Virginia. A friend who visited Chatham this summer estimated around 15 families in the settlement. Janar explained that the settlers chose to move to the new location for its cheaper land, closeness to the original community, and […]

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One of our contributors recently paid a visit to the Wayne County settlement.  The weather did not quite cooperate that day. However that gave him a great excuse to duck into one of the more prominent Wayne County Amish businesses. Fountain Acres (Amish-owned Food Store) Fountain Acres Foods is a sizeable Amish-run “foods and more” […]

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A few weeks back one of our contributors shared a photo of his buggy-shaped bird feeder, which got comments from a number of you.  That feeder was made by Green Meadow Houses and Feeders, an Amish-owned business located near Shipshewana in northern Indiana. We have some photos of the Green Meadow shop and products today, […]

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I know we have a lot of readers interested in Amish quilts and many with experience buying them.  We’ll be hearing more soon on the subject from Janneken Smucker, author of the upcoming Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon, including a chance to ask Amish quilt questions. In the meantime, reader GamGam recently left an […]

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Countrylane Bakery & Gifts 4224 S 450 W Berne, IN 46711 Countrylane Bakery & Gifts (Adams County, IN) I am visiting Amish communities in northern Indiana this week.  Yesterday I was in Adams County for a little while. I needed a pie for a dinner later in the evening in Lagrange County, and so embarked on […]

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This is technically a repair shop (Mullet’s Repair Shop in northern Indiana) but they make a popular stove used by Amish.  The reader who sent these photos in notes that Mullet’s Repair “are the makers of the Mullet Coal Stove which is without a doubt the most commonly used stove in the community.”  The Mullet Coal […]

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Country Style Deli @ The Markets at Shrewsbury 12025 Susquehanna Trail Glen Rock, PA 17327 (717) 235-6611 How about a few photos today from Country Style Deli at the Markets at Shrewsbury (York County, PA). This deli is run by the Riehl family, friends of mine from Lancaster County. Amish markets are typically open for […]

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Tom shares a few photos from an Amish welding business in the settlement at Clyde, New York. Tom describes Schmucker Welding as a “Nice new shop with two very long power shafts and more belts that I have ever seen in one place.” Shafts and belts can be used to operate a variety of shop […]

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M.L. Shetler, Watchmaker 7676 Route 62 South Dayton, NY 14138 Among the many Amish cabinet makers, quilters, and contractors, you occasionally come across specialist businesses which fulfill a niche need or focus on some throwback trade which relatively few in society handle. Taxidermists or shoe repair shops come to mind as examples. Today we have […]

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Attention green-thumbers–here are some photos from an Amish greenhouse near Summerhill, New York (Cayuga County): “It is getting so the Amish are all over the place,”  observes Tom.  On this trip he traveled through Amish communities including “Romulus, Marathon, Summerhill, the Swiss in Clyde and finally North Rose”–just a few of the 40+ Amish settlements […]

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