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Bellmont Mansion: an exercise in archival excavation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5802

Author: Shirk, Willis L.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Responsibility: by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.

Author: Shirk, Willis L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 4-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.101, no. 3.

Subjects: Blunston, Samuel , - 2689-1745.; Wright, Susanna , - 1697-1784.; Architecture - Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 101, number 3 (2000), p. 4-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.101, no.3

Lancaster landmarks coloring book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17641

Author: Kershner, Gerry.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 917.815 K41g

Responsibility: by Gerry Kershner.

Author: Kershner, Gerry.

Place of Publication: Morgantown PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: unpaged : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Includes directions to historic sites.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Study and teaching.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.815 K41g

Historic Columbia architectural history tour : mansions, museums & riverlore

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16760

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 728.37 H673

Alternate Title: Historic Columbia architectural tour

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: [16] p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 maps on 1 sheet (28 x 40 cm. folded to 28 x 22 cm.)

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Columbia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Additional Corporate Author: Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 H673

Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16262

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.; Draft of the study.; Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.; Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.; Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Conrad Weiser Homestead : Pennsylvania trail of history guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11789

Author: Bradley, John.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2001.

Call Number: 974.816 B811

Responsibility: text by John Bradley ; photographs by Kyle R. Weaver.

ISBN: 0811727394 (pbk.)

Author: Bradley, John.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, Pa

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: c2001.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania trail of history guides

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).

Subjects: Weiser, Conrad, - 1696-1760.; Conrad Weiser House (Womelsdorf, Pa.); Pioneers - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Womelsdorf (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Additional Author: Weaver, Kyle R.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B811

Borough of Mechanicsburg : a reference guide for property owners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16324

Date of Publication: 2007?

Call Number: 974.843 B736

Place of Publication: [S. l

Publisher: s. n.]

Date of Publication: 2007?

Physical Description: 49 p. : ill. ; 2 8 cm.

Notes: "The activity that is the subject of this booklet has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior..."; "This program receives Federal financial assistance for identification and protect of historic properties..."

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Mechanicsburg.; Architecture - Pennsylvania - Mechanicsburg..; Mechanicsburg (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Mechanicsburg (Pa.) - History.; Mechanicsburg (Pa.) - Historical houses..

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.843 B736

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Newsletters Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.) Scrapbooks Stores, Retail Search Terms: Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America A and S Realty and Investment Corporation A. B. Rote & Co. Advertising Agreements Air conditioning American Blower Corporation Appel & Weber Architectural plans Awards Blueprints Bon-Ton

1 document

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Pennsylvania architecture : the Historic American Buildings Survey with catalog entries 1933-1990

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12808

Author: Burns, Deborah Stephens.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 720.9748 B967

Alternate Title: Historic American Buildings Survey with catalog entries 1933-1990

Responsibility: Deborah Stephens Burns and Richard J. Webster with Candace Reed Stern ; foreword by Charles E. Peterson.

ISBN: 0892710888 (soft cover); 0892710861 (cloth)

Author: Burns, Deborah Stephens.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: xv, 629 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-593) and index.

Subjects: Historic American Buildings Survey.; Architecture - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.; Decoration and ornament, Architectural - Pennsylvania.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Webster, Richard J.; Stern, Candace Reed.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.; Historic American Buildings Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720.9748 B967

Mills & bank barns

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13852

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 974.819 M657

Alternate Title: Mills and bank barns

Responsibility: compiled by Jo Ellen Litz.

Place of Publication: [Lebanon, Pa.?]

Publisher: Swatara Creek Watershed Assoc.,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 55 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Factories; Water mills; Barns; Berks County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Additional Author: Litz, Jo Ellen.

Additional Corporate Author: Swatara Creek Watershed Association.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 M657

Founders and builders of Lancaster County : the Wright's Ferry triumverate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16455

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson

Date of Publication: 2009.

Responsibility: John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory.org,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: 42-45 p.

Subjects: Wright, John, - 1667-1749; Blunston, Samuel, - 1689-1745; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 111, number 2 (2009), p. 42-45Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.111, no.2

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