Hand-forged hooks on an original wooden hat rack at Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse, part of the history of Amish furniture

There is a stone building in Berks County, Pennsylvania that was put up in 1855. Local Mennonite volunteers built it from native sandstone and wood cut out of nearby forests. It was never connected to electricity. It was never connected to water. Every December, people fill those benches for Christmas carol singing. The song leader…