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Illinois District 10 Trooper explains safety issues to Mennonite school children observing the move of the first Amish home in the state to the future Amish Heritage Center location last week.

Heritage Center & Amish Museum

•September 28, 2016•

By Ariana Cherry
for the News Progress

A piece of Amish culture literally made history last week.

On Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Arthur, two original Amish homes built in 1865-1866, were moved from storage to their new location.

They represent the beginning of a new Heritage Center and Amish Museum located less than a mile west of Chesterville and three miles east of Arthur.

The oldest home (Yoder House) was built by Moses Yoder, great-great-grandfather of Ervin Yoder. He was part of three families who were the first Amish to arrive in Arthur.

Daniel Schrock, great-great-grandfather of Wilmer Otto, was the architect of the second Amish home and came to the Arthur area around 1882.

This significant point in time not only caught local attention (a small group of Mennonite school children were let out early to be spectators)– but social media and other news outlets across the country.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.