View westward from first block of West King Street. At left is the site of the Stevens House Hotel. Tavern sign at center marks the White Horse Hotel which opened in 1857.
To the left is one of Lancaster's famous old taverns, The Lamb Tavern, located across the street from the former Hager Department Store. To the right of the hotel is the home of Major General John Fulton Reynolds, one of Lancaster's greatest military heroes, killed while leading his division at the Battle of Gettysburg
Photograph- Shenk family portrait: Christian Shenk; Mary Warfell Shenk; and children from left to right: Elizabeth Shenk Fahnestock; Anna Shenk Kendig; Abraham Shenk; Rudolph Shenk. The Shenks were proprietors of the Sorral Horse Hotel, West King Street, Lancaster. Photograph of a cased image.
Photograph- Shenk family portrait: Christian Shenk; Mary Warfell Shenk; and children from left to right: Elizabeth Shenk Fahnestock; Anna Shenk Kendig; Abraham Shenk; Rudolph Shenk. The Shenks were proprietors of the Sorral Horse Hotel, West King Street, Lancaster. Photograph of a cased image.
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Shenk family portrait: Christian Shenk; Mary Warfell Shenk; and children from left to right: Elizabeth Shenk Fahnestock; Anna Shenk Kendig; Abraham Shenk; Rudolph Shenk. The Shenks were proprietors of the Sorral Horse Hotel, West King Street, Lancaster. Photograph of a cased image.