Lancaster has its share of Victorian houses, many of which are bult of bricks. This one with its Romanesque fenestration suggests an attractive plan with well lighted rooms. The bay window is also a typical feature of such houses. This is Snyder's Funeral Home. 141 East Orange Street, Lancaster.
Front entrance with shutters. An example of an elegant "town house" of the late eighteenth century, with vetiges of the Georgian style, to whic was added a Victorian side porch with trimmings of cast iron. The front doorway with its fan light over it is one of the attractive features of teh house. The use of shutters is an uncommon procedure in the architecture of houses in the city of Lancaster.
A row of pre-revolutionary houses located on North Duke Street, in the city of Lancaster. The louvered shutter is an attractive appendage, however it is not a typcial feature of Lancaster hosues.
A row of 19th century brick houses on West Lemon Street in Lancaster. The ones in the foreground were painted red for a long time, but have recently been sandblasted to expose the original red bricks.
Corner of a log house in Shaefferstown. This mode of corner construction is very rare. The horisontal logs are tennoned into a vertical corner post. This building is no longer standing.
Marker erected by Pennsylvania Historical Commission in 1930 at Trinity Reformed Church, Richland, Lebanon County, to commemorate the one red rose given every year to the heirs of Caspar Wistar for his donation of 100 acres of land to build the church.
