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The passing of an old landmark

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
Justice Ellis Lewis' daughter, Mrs. James Wiley. Prior to that, associ- ated with it are such names as the Cassatts, Brintons and Thomas McEl- rath, partner of Horace Greeley in the ownership of the New York Tri- bune, who gave it its varied arbori- culture and decorated its lawn with the marble statuary
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
251-274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 10
Summary
This journal article of 1914 laments the demolition of the historic Shippen family home at the northwest corner of the intersection of Lime and Orange streets in Lancaster,Pa. He gives a history of several other buildings in Lancaster which have disappeared as well over the years, though he writes in most detail about the Shippen house and the various people who have lived there.
Subjects
Shippen family.
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 10 (1914), p. 251-274Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1910.
THE SHIPPEN HOUSE, FOREWORD. On the evening of February 21, 1910, by invitation of the mistress of the Shippen School for Girls, a large company assembled at the home of the School, the famous old Shippen house, at the northwest corner of Lime and Orange streets, in the City of Lancaster, Pa., to
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Responsibility
by Hon. W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910.
Physical Description
[125]-143 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 4
Subjects
Shippen family.
Shippen House (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 4 (1910), p. 125-143Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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