C. Emlen Urban
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This is the property where my Aunt Doris and Uncle Paul resided at one time with my three cousins. It was designed by Mr. Urban in 1894 and was located at 537 West Chestnut Street in Lancaster, PA. It was known as the William Wohlsen Mansion. It was a three story house built with dark pressed bricks and had a high hipped roof with cross gables and a tall corbelled brick chimney. It had a wrap-around porch with a scrollwork pediment above the front steps. The iron fence at the pavement is original to the house. To the rear of the house is a large carriage house with second floor apartment.
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This was the personal residence of C. Emlen Urban located at 1009 Buchanan Avenue in Lancaster. It was designed in 1914 and is a 4,000-square-foot house on a corner lot facing Buchanan Park which he occupied from 1914 until his death in 1939. It features a conservative Colonial Revival style of architecture. The ground floor is stone with stucco on the second level. On the left is a one-story sun-porch that is now screened. This is a much more conservative style as compared to his lavish commercial buildings.
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1025 Marietta Avenue was the residence of J. Calvin Shutte. It was designed in 1906 and is a three-story brick house designed to reflect an Edwardian eclecticism that borrowed from the Tudor Revival style. There is a side porch on the east elevation and a porte cochere (carriage covering) on the west side.
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This property is known as "Roslyn." Not sure why, but it is located at 1035 Marietta Avenue and was designed in 1896. It was designed and built for Peter T. Watt, founder of the Watt & Shand Department Store in downtown Lancaster. Built in the Chauteauesque style, the rich stone exterior has an asymmetrical form with stepped gables, round turrets, six chimneys and a portico facing North President Avenue. The following photo shows the name and address on the entranceway.
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930 Buchanan Avenue was designed in 1921 and is a Tudor Revival home that features stone walls on the first floor. The center entry door has a front gable that projects from from the second level and has two dormers the flank it on either side. The walls on the second-floor are half-timbered against a stucco finish as in traditional tudor style. The following photo reflects on the plaque that I found next to the front door.
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The final residence that I will post is a photo of the Milton S. Hershey Mansion at 222 South Queen Street from around 1890. This building was demolished to make way for a grocery store. It was the home of the founder of Hershey Chocolate Company and owner of Lancaster Caramel Company which was within walking distance of this home. The house features a combined Queen Anne, Shingle and Eastlake styles. There was also a brick carriage house at the rear facing Beaver Street.
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Just had to include this photo since it is the Parish House of my church, St. James Episcopal, which was designed in 1904 and sits at 119 North Duke Street. It is of Georgian Revival style and it was rare for Urban to use this style on non-domestic structures. It was dedicated in 1904 and blessed by the Episcopal Bishop but not consecrated so it could remain a secular building. Today it is used for church offices, Sunday school classes and the daily morning meal for the homeless of Lancaster.
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Thought I would end today's photos with what used to be the first and only skyscraper in Lancaster, The Griest Building. Lasted for 80 years as the most prominent building to visitors of the city. Fourteen stories, it pales in comparison to big city buildings, but defined the northwest corner of Penn Square. The steel-frame building at 8 North Queen Street was designed in 1924 using Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance Revival styles. Tomorrow will feature schools, commercial buildings and a few churches.
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Great landmarks. I was born in Lancaster at St. Josephs Hospital, now Regional on College Ave.
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