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.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Zap & Co., North Queen Street, showing mannequin and woman standing in front of store. Photo taken for the Pennsylvania School of the Arts History of the Future Project.
Mr. Figari standing in front of his store, Figar's Used Furniture, in the 300 block of North Queen Street. Photo taken for the Pennsylvania School of the Arts History of the Future Project.