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Collection
C. Emlen Urban Collection
Title
C. Emlen Urban Collection
Object ID
MG0100
Date Range
1889-1939
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Collection
C. Emlen Urban Collection
Title
C. Emlen Urban Collection
Description
Collection consists of records by Cassius Emlen Urban, a Lancaster architect. He supervised the construction of the Lancaster Post Office at 120 N. Duke St., Lancaster. Many letters from James H. Windrim, supervising architect of the Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Book of correspondence contains details of the construction. Also includes letters he wrote to his son, Rathfon, dated February 14-29, 1939, while on the Italian liner, Roma.
Admin/Biographical History
C. Emlen Urban
Throughout Downtown Lancaster numerous iconic buildings make up the city's landscape giving it its unique and ornate character. Landmark buildings such as the Greist Building, the Watt and Shand Department Store, Hager Building, Southern Market, along with many more churches, residential units including the facade of the Fulton Opera House were the design of Cassius Emlen Urban. Urban was Lancaster's first architect and one of the most significant influences on the city. 1 Urban modernized the city's landscape as he designed buildings in a new era where technologies never before available to architects made it possible for himself to leave such a grand impression.
Urban was born on February 20, 1863 in Conestoga Township to a Civil War veteran Amos Urban, a distinguished citizen known for his modesty and community service. Urban finished high school in 1880 and would get his architectural training through an apprenticeship with Scanton, PA architect E.L. Walter. Later in 1884 Urban would move to Philadelphia where he served as a draftsman to Willis G. Hale. Upon returning to Lancaster roughly a year later Urban would open his own practice in Lancaster.2
Only a few years after Urban opened his practice through a family connection he would receive a commission to design Lancaster's Southern Market. Urban's career would take off leading him to design many more iconic buildings in Lancaster and Hershey as well. Urban, through his membership at the Hamilton Club made acquaintance with Milton Hershey who hired him to design such buildings as Hershey Chocolates original company offices and even his own mansion.3
Urban spent the majority of his life in Lancaster with the exception of his time studying as a young man. Urban is remembered for his buildings designed in Queen Anne and Beaux style architecture.4 Shenk in his A History of Lancaster County wrote of Urban, "Few men of Lancaster county can point to a finer array of useful and beautiful work than can Cassius Emlen Urban."
Nicole O. Sturla, "Cassius Emlen Urban: Lancaster's First Native Architect," Susquehanna Monthly Magazine, September 1980.
2 History of Lancaster County, ed. E.M.J. Klein (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company Inc., 1924), 443.
3 "Urban, C. Emlen; 1863-1939," Hershey Community Archives, accessed September 30, 2014. http://www.hersheyarchives.org/essay/details.aspx?EssayId=34&Rurl=%2Fresources%2Fsearch-results.aspx%3FType%3DBrowseEssay.
4 "Introduction," To Build Strong and Substantial: The Career of Architect C. Emlen Urban, (2009): 2-3.
Date Range
1889-1939
Year Range From
1889
Year Range To
1939
Creator
Urban, C. Emlen, 1863-1939
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Rote, Andrew B.
Urban, Cassius Emlen
Urban, Rathfon Merrill
Windrim, James Hamilton
Subjects
Architects
Buildings--Specifications
Business records
Letters
Historic buildings
Lancaster (Pa.)
Post Office (Postal service)
Search Terms
Architects
Buildings, Specifications
Business records
Correspondence
Finding aids
Historic buildings
Lancaster
Letters
Manuscript groups
Post offices
Extent
1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0100
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph Collection; Blueprints and Architectural Plans
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
C. Emlen Urban Collection (MG-100), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Other Numbers
MG-100
Other Number
MG-100
Classification
MG0100
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Updated by HST, 18 March 2010; Biographical information by DJ, Fall 2014. Added to database 22 August 2017.
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A century of progress along Lime Street, Lancaster, Pa

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1934
became secretary to F. W. Woolworth. Associated with this block is the interesting story of the school buildings. In 1850, a one-room, one-story school was built at a cost of $2,777.25. Later a second one-story structure was erected. These were of the same type as those then located on South Duke street
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1934
Physical Description
[35]-47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 2
Subjects
Lime Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 2 (1934), p. 35-47Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38
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Colonial churches and meeting houses, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

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Author
Wallace, Philip B.
Date of Publication
[c1931]
Call Number
726.5 W193 Oversize
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measured drawings by William Allen Dunn; introduction by Horace Wells Sellers.
Author
Wallace, Philip B.
Place of Publication
New York City
Publisher
Architectural Book Publishing Co.,
Date of Publication
[c1931]
Physical Description
xii,291p. of illus. front. 32cm.
Subjects
Church architecture - Pennsylvania
Church architecture - New Jersey.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania.
Church architecture - Delaware.
Architecture, Colonial - United States
Additional Author
Dunn, William Allen.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
726.5 W193 Oversize
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Continental stables in Lancaster

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Author
Byrne, Jacob Hill.
Date of Publication
1932
ground rents from the trustees of the Hamilton estate, and thus to extinguish them; and to-day, very few of the origin- al ground rents are still in force. The ownership of the lots on which the building of The Lancaster County Historical Society and the adjoining buildings stand, remained in the Hamil
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by Jacob Hill Byrne, Esq.
Author
Byrne, Jacob Hill.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932
Physical Description
[177]-186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 7
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 7 (1932), p. 177-186Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.36
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Continental stables marked by a bronze tablet

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1932
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932
Physical Description
187 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36. no. 7
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 7 (1932), p. 187Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v36, no7
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Fort Necessity and historic shrines of the Redstone country : Washington bi-centennial issue, 1732-1932

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Corporate Author
Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society. Fort Necessity Chapter, Uniontown.
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
974.844 F736
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Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society. Fort Necessity Chapter, Uniontown.
Place of Publication
Uniontown, Pa
Publisher
Fort Necessity Chapter, Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
144 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Necessity, Fort, Battle of, 1754.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania.
Fayette County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 F736
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Guidebook to historic places in western Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Date of Publication
c1938.
Call Number
974.800914 W530
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Responsibility
compiled by the Western Pennsylvania historical survey.
Corporate Author
Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Place of Publication
[Pittsburgh]
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Date of Publication
c1938.
Physical Description
ix, 186 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Illustrated lining-papers.
Bibliography: p. [165]-167.
Subjects
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Buildings.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800914 W530
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Historic bridge-building in Lancaster County

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Author
Yeager, Sister Mary Hildegarde.
Date of Publication
1937
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.41
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by Sister Mary Hildegarde Yeager, C.S.C.
Author
Yeager, Sister Mary Hildegarde.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
[133]-158 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 6
Subjects
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.41
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A history of an old frame grist mill converted into a schoolhouse and of the ancient Durlach Schoolhouse

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Author
Eberly, David G.
Date of Publication
1936
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by David G. Eberly.
Author
Eberly, David G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1936
Physical Description
[1]-8 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 40, no. 1
Subjects
Durlach School (Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 40, number 1 (1936), p. 1-8Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.40
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Hollow school : an old school and a letter written by a teacher 146 years ago

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Date of Publication
1936
. Hollow Schoolhouse was one of the first school buildings erected in this portion of Lancaster county. The first building was a humble log structure, which was built by Joseph Rutter on his farm which Conrad Rutter, his father, had taken possession of in 1716. This house was built at the foot of the ridge
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1936
Physical Description
[9]-10 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 40, no. 1
Notes
Reprinted from an article in the New Holland Clarion of April 29, 1893
Subjects
Caffrey, James.
Hollow School (Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 40, number 1 (1936), p. 9-10Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.40
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