Lancaster 250th Anniversary Reception given by Mr. and Mrs. William Frantz Herr, 28 North Water Street - Little House. Pictured from left to right: Stephen Silverman, president of Historic Walking Tours of Lancaster; William Frantz Herr, Stuart Herr, Mary Louise Herr Shenk, Mrs. William F. Herr, Martha Herr Gibson, Pat Cooper, Helen Newcomer, Doris Moore and Doris Nolt.
Bronze tablet at 123 North Prince Street, Lancaster. Andrew Ellicott lived here from 1801 until 1813 while he was secretary of the Pennsylvania Land Office. At that time Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania. Mathematician, astronomer and surveyor, it was he who completed the layout of Washington, DC.
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Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.