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The American heritage book of great historic places

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Author
Ketchum, Richard M.,
Date of Publication
[1957]
Call Number
911.07 A512
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Responsibility
by the editors of American heritage. Narrative by Richard M. Ketchum. Introd. by Bruce Catton.
Author
Ketchum, Richard M.,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1957]
Physical Description
376 p. illus. (part col.) ports. (part col.) col. maps. 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: New England - Atlantic gateway - Appalachian frontier - The old South - The great river - Lakes and prairie - The great plains - The Spanish southwest - The farthest frontier.
Summary
"A pictorial history of America in terms of the places where history was made--places that you can visit today. The book is divided into nine geographic sections, each abundantly illustrated with rare photographs, eyewitness paintings, drawings, engravings, and sketches." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Historic sites - United States.
Historic buildings - United States.
United States - History.
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
911.07 A512
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Amos Herr House - Information file

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Call Number
Information file - Amos Herr House
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Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Amos Herr House
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The architectural surveys, 1784-1794

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Corporate Author
Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
368 G244a
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Responsibility
Anthony N. B. Garvan ... [et al.].
Corporate Author
Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Mutual Assurance Co.,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
xvii, 330 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Series
Mutual Assurance Company papers ; v. 1
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 323-325.
Subjects
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Dwellings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Additional Author
Garvan, Anthony N. B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
368 G244a
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Archive

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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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The ark : a famous last century mansion

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Author
Hensel, Leander T.
Date of Publication
1898
. Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Quarryville. Quarryville (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1897-98 Description: [146]-156 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.2 Location: LCHSJL
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Responsibility
by Leander T. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, Leander T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[146]-156 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 5
Summary
This article concerns a house built in 1790 by Martin Barr in Quarryville, PA. "...the old structure to which I ask your brief attention commands interest and has the charm of novelty. Situated in the northern end of the borough of Quarryville, perched on a slight hill, stands a large stone building, known for many years as 'The Ark', and the hill on which it stands as 'Mount Ararat.' These names, it is said, were given by a noted wag of his day, named Longenecker, soon after the house was built."
Notes
"Between 140-150 N Church Street, Quarryville, PA 17566. The Ark is an old stone building that remains one of the most intriguing structures in the Southern End of Lancaster County. This mansion, erected in 1791 by Martin Barr, was one of several buildings that he built around that time period and still stands today on Mount Ararat. The house was centrally located on the property owned by Martin Barr at the time. The structure was made mostly of strong walnut wood; the walls were twenty-four inches thick and a hallway twelve feet wide! The Ark was in existence before Quarryville came to be and the area was instead known as Barrs Quarries until 1833. Abram Barr inherited the Ark after Martin Barr passed away. Many years later after the grandchildren of Martin Barr died off the estate was divided and sold. The Ark was bought and became Hotel Quarryville." [from https://southernlancasterchamber.org/history/]
Subjects
Barr family.
Ark (Quarryville, Pa.)
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Quarryville.
Mansions - Pennsylvania - Quarryville.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Quarryville.
Quarryville (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 5 (1898), p. 146-156Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Armstrong Manor: general history, 2025 Lititz Pike, Manheim Township Pa

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Author
Baker, Gloria O.
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
728.37 B395
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Responsibility
by Gloria O. Baker.
Author
Baker, Gloria O.
Place of Publication
Photocopy
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
12, [22 p] ill. , 28 cm.
Notes
"For the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancster County, Lancaster, Pa."
Subjects
Historic Buildings - Pennsylvania - Manheim (Lancaster, Pa. : Township)
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers.
Manheim Township (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B395
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Bartram's garden in Philadelphia

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Author
Mower, D. Roger, Jr.
Call Number
720 A633 1984
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Responsibility
by D. Roger Mower, Jr.
Author
Mower, D. Roger, Jr.
Physical Description
p. 630 - 636 : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series
In: The Magazine Antiques v. 125, no. 3 (March 1984).
Subjects
Bartram, John, - 1699 - 1777
Botanists - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Gardens, American - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Historic gardens - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 A633 1984
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Borough of Mechanicsburg : a reference guide for property owners

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Date of Publication
2007?
Call Number
974.843 B736
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Place of Publication
[S. l
Publisher
s. n.]
Date of Publication
2007?
Physical Description
49 p. : ill. ; 2 8 cm.
Notes
"The activity that is the subject of this booklet has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior..."
"This program receives Federal financial assistance for identification and protect of historic properties..."
Subjects
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Mechanicsburg.
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Mechanicsburg..
Mechanicsburg (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Mechanicsburg (Pa.) - History.
Mechanicsburg (Pa.) - Historical houses..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 B736
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The Buildings of Manheim Township 1798-1815

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Author
Lainhoff, Thomas A.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
728.37 L187
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Responsibility
Thomas A. Lainhoff.
Author
Lainhoff, Thomas A.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
18 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"The Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School Capital Compus American Studies 500"
Subjects
Historic Buildings - Pennsylvania - Manheim (Lancaster, Pa. : Township)
Manheim Township (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 L187
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Built to last : a handbook on recycling old buildings

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Corporate Author
Massachusetts. Office of Local Assistance.
Date of Publication
c1977.
Call Number
720 M414
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Responsibility
prepared by the Massachusetts Department of Community Affairs, Office of Local Assistance ; Gene Bunnell, associate planner.
ISBN
0891330542 :
Corporate Author
Massachusetts. Office of Local Assistance.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Preservation Press,
Date of Publication
c1977.
Physical Description
125 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 122-123.
Subjects
Buildings
Buildings - Massachusetts
Historic buildings - Massachusetts
Additional Author
Bunnell, Gene,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 M414
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