The Stevens House was built in 1874 as a community project. It was one of the first projects undertaken by the Lancaster Board of Trade, which played a major role in raising funds for the construction. The building was torn
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
First Reformed Church, 40 East Orange Street at Christian Street, taken before 1866. St. Paul's Reformed Church at the white steeple in the background was then on the South side of Orange at Duke Street, now the location of the County Court House.
Formerly the Kitty Yeates summer home in 1854, this residence became the A. J. Gerz Green Cottage Hotel. The building remains today at 613 Fremont Street. From left are A. J. Gerz and his wife, Margaret Gerz.
