The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County 2010 tour.
Insert 1: C. Emlen Urban buildings : Chronological Record ; Insert 2 : Lancaster city architecture by C. Emlen Urban.
Includes local advertisements.
Summary
Book provides reader with a short biography of Urban. A brief description of the red brick architectural appearance of Lancaster up to 1880s. Urban's designs changed the colonial appearance of Lancaster because he had access to modern technology: structural steel, cast iron, plate glass which allowed him to design taller buildings with larger windows. Book identifies as Urban's designs: one market; one municipal building; two churches; three schools; four mansions (including Urban's home on Buchanan Ave). Each structure is identified with a description, location and year built; picture of structure; brief biography of person for whom building was named. One page provides the reader with architectural terms.Good reference book.
introduction by Gerald S. Lestz ; photographic contributions by John Herr.
ISBN
0963515306
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster County, Pa.]
Publisher
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
xv, 176 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes
Rare book copy is autographed by the author and photographer. Issued in case with Millersville University imprinted in gold.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
This elegant picture book identifies many 18th and early 19th century family homes, barns, mills, churches, and out buildings found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania today. Gerald S. Lestz, noted local historian, has authored the introduction which includes interesting information on the history and stylistic development of Lancaster County's architecture form 1700 to 1850. You will see Germanic, Traditional English, Georgian, Federal, and Classical Revival buildings.
Explorer's map & guide, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Explorer's map and guide, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Responsibility
[prepared for] Lancaster County Heritage, County of Lancaster, Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau.
