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Collection: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Title: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Object ID: MG0363

Date Range: 1806-1950

Content Note: The Andrew B. Rote Collection contains the business records of C. V. Rote & Co., which later became A. B. Rote & Co., and some family records. The Lancaster company specialized in awnings and ironwork. Deeds, mortgages, and other property records are for property owned by the Rotes and used

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Collection: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Title: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Description: The Andrew B. Rote Collection contains the business records of C. V. Rote & Co., which later became A. B. Rote & Co., and some family records. The Lancaster company specialized in awnings and ironwork. Deeds, mortgages, and other property records are for property owned by the Rotes and used for their business. The record books of the company, 1881-1942, show accounting, clients, cash flow, bids, and inventory. A catalog of architectural bronze and iron works illustrates their products. There are also stock certificates for a number of local and regional businesses such as Farmers Trust Company, Union Trust Company, and Meadia Heights Golf Club.

Admin/Biographical History: C. V. Rote & Company was founded by Charles V. Rote, Jacob F. Bender, and John W. Holman on 3 March 1881, specifically for the manufacture of awnings. Bender and Holman provided the financing, space for the shop, the time they could commit, and the use of their horse and buggy. Rote committed his labor and time in manufacturing the awnings. Their initial success continued when they added architectural bronze and iron work. Andrew B. Rote took over the business in 1894, which was then located at 111-117 E. Chestnut Street, Lancaster.

Date Range: 1806-1950

Year Range From: 1806

Year Range To: 1950

Date of Accumulation: 1806-1950

Creator: Rote, Andrew B., 1928-2015

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bender, Jacob F.; Holman, John W.; Rote, Andrew B. "Andy"; Rote, Andrew Baker; Rote, Charles Victor

Other Creators: A. B. Rote & Company

Subjects: Architectural ironwork; Awnings; Business records; Decorative cast-ironwork; Deeds; Ironwork; Patents; Stocks

Search Terms: A. B. Rote & Co.; Account books; Awnings; Bonds; Business records; C. V. Rote and Company; Deeds; Farmers Trust Company; Finding aids; Highway Emergency Service; Ironwork, Architectural; Ironwork, Decorative; Lancaster Concrete Tile Company; Manuscript groups; Meadia Heights Golf Club; Mortgages; National Building Units Corporation; Patents; Penn-Mont Mining and Milling Company; Pennsylvania Chautauqua Society; Stocks; Union Trust Company of Lancaster

Extent: 3 boxes, 27 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0363

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Andrew B. Rote Collection (MG0363), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2003.MG0363

Other Numbers: MG-363

Classification: MG0363

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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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

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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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Negative, Glass Plate

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: HC-79-07-01

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Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Wohlsen home on West Chestnut Street, Lancaster, designed by C. Emlen Urban, decorative cast iron fencing by A. B. Rote & Co.

Provenance: Photographs from the collection of the Heritage Center

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Houses; West Chestnut Street; A. B. Rote & Co.; Cast iron; Fences

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: HC-79-07-01

Notes: Has dupicate glass plate negative that is broken

Other Number: G95.31.12

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Negative, Glass Plate

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: HC-79-07-03

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Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Wrap-around porch with cast iron fencing in foreground

Provenance: Photographs from the collection of the Heritage Center

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Porches; Cast iron; Fences; A. B. Rote & Co.

Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Print Size: 7 x 9 inches

Object ID: HC-79-07-03

Other Number: G95.31.3

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Negative, Glass Plate

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: HC-79-07-04

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Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Decorative cast iron gate at entrace to church or other institution. Duplicate plate.

Provenance: Photographs from the collection of the Heritage Center

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Cast iron; Gates; A. B. Rote & Co.

Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Print Size: 7 x 9 inches

Object ID: HC-79-07-04

Other Number: G95.31.18

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Negative, Glass Plate

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: HC-79-07-05

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Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Decorative cast iron gate and fence at entrace to school or other institution. Duplicate plate. Has print.

Provenance: Photographs from the collection of the Heritage Center

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Cast iron; Gates; Fences; A. B. Rote & Co.

Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Print Size: 7 x 9 inches

Object ID: HC-79-07-05

Other Number: G95.31.18

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Negative, Glass Plate

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: HC-79-08-01

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Object Name: Negative, Glass Plate

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Decorative railing for several townhouses from door to sidewalk. Duplicate plate. John Heimenz Hall. Has prints - sepia print and two cyanotypes.