Aaron Shenk Kreider | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's18th district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Marlin E. Olmsted |
| Succeeded by | Edward M. Beers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1863-06-26)June 26, 1863 |
| Died | May 19, 1929(1929-05-19) (aged 65) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Lebanon Valley College |
Aaron Shenk Kreider (June 26, 1863 – May 19, 1929) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Aaron S. Kreider was born on a farm inSouth Annville Township, Pennsylvania. He attendedLebanon Valley College inAnnville, Pennsylvania, and graduated fromAllentown Business College in 1880.
He moved toFulton, Missouri, in 1880 and engaged in agricultural pursuits and later was employed as a clerk in a store. He returned toPennsylvania and engaged in mercantile pursuits inCampbelltown, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and inRoseland, Pennsylvania, in 1885. He established the town ofLawn, inLebanon County, in 1886. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and in thegrain andcoal business. He moved toPalmyra, Pennsylvania, in 1893 and shortly thereafter to Annville. He became interested in shoe manufacturing and in banking.
Kreider served as commissioner and chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Annville from 1909 to 1912. He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1910. He served as president of theNational Association of Shoe Manufacturers of the United States from 1913 to 1916.
Kreider was elected as a Republican to theSixty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior during theSixty-sixth andSixty-seventh Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922. After his time in Congress, he served as president of the board of trustees of Lebanon Valley College in Annville. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits until his death in Annville.
Hill Farm Estate was originally built in 1919 on 26 acres (110,000 m2) as the spacious and comfortable private home of Kreider and his family. The large Federal mansion is located less than a mile north of Lebanon Valley College on Route 934 in Annville PA.Hill Farm Estate sits in a quiet, scenic county setting with trees, gardens, benches, and walkways high on a hill overlooking the Annville community.
In 1982, the mansion was restored, a wing added, and became an assisted living residence, offering a beautiful homelike setting for retired individuals. In 2002 an additional residence wing was added. The home and independent-living center now offers 46 personal-care rooms for up to 55 residents and seven independent-living Carriage House apartments.
Inside the stately Federal era mansion, there is a comfortable parlor and lounges, antiques and period reproductions that complement the carefully restored architecture. The community was calledHill Farm Estate. It was a personal care retirement residence until 2015.
In August 2024 it was bought out for $2,000,000 by Entrepreneur Millard F. Wallace.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1913–1923 | Succeeded by |
