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Inside, outside 1894 Lancaster home designed for tobacco merchant by 22-year-old architect [photos]
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (315+ words) In 1894, Lancaster tobacco merchant John F. Brimmer reached beyond Lancaster County to hire an architect to design his home in 1000 block of Marietta Avenue, It was designed by 22-year-old Philadelphia architect Richard Conover Loos. This home in the 1000 block of Marietta…...
Lancaster tobacco merchant found 22-year-old to design 1894 Marietta Avenue home [architecture column] | Home & Garden | lancasteronline. com
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (743+ words) THE ARCHITECTS OF LANCASTER, PART 15: RICHARD CONOVER LOOS (18711942) "Sometimes one building is enough." Behind an ornate wrought-iron gate and towering brick piers topped with decorative urns stood a grand residence perched above Marietta Avenue and surrounded by open lawns. The…...
Demuth Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art to change names, become unified
1+ week, 2+ day ago (281+ words) Charles Demuth, "Self Portrait," 1907, oil on canvas, Demuth Museum Collection, gift of Margaret Lestz. The Demuth Museum and the Lancaster Museum of Art have new names. Both museums will now be called the Demuth Museum of Art, according to a…...
Experimental art takes center stage at Lancaster Fringe Fest [photos]
2+ week, 5+ day ago (149+ words) Fringe Fest is underway and gave attendees the opportunity to see'dozens upon dozens of experimental, fun performances by local and regional artists. Fringe events exist to explore different forms of art, which are often experimental. The only criteria to participate…...
C. Emlen Urban biographer to buy famed Lancaster architect's Roslyn mansion carriage house
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1278+ words) Gregory Scott outside the Roslyn mansion carriage house on Friday, May 22, the day he and his wife Terri signed an agreement to buy the building designed by C. Emlen Urban." Gregory Scott says he has spent 15 years obsessing over Lancaster's preeminent…...
Gregory and Terri Scott at Carriage House
2+ week, 6+ day ago (40+ words) Lancaster Online Gregory Scott outside the Roslyn mansion carriage house on Friday, May 22, the day they signed an agreement with his wife, Terri, to buy the building designed by C. Emlen Urban....
Auction of historic Roslyn mansion carriage house ends without a sale; Bidding stalls at $425 K
3+ week, 1+ day ago (533+ words) The auction Wednesday of the Roslyn mansion carriage house in Lancaster Township ended without a sale as bidding stalled at $425, 000." A historic piece of Lancaster's architectural history remains in limbo after the C. Emlen Urban-designed Roslyn mansion carriage house failed to…...
Architect John B. Harman left mark on Lancaster homes, stores in early 20th century [photos]
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (293+ words) John Baptiste Harman(18871947) had an architecture practice in Lancaster in the early years of the 20th century. He designed a theater, a soda fountain, retail stores, homes and apartment buildings, among other structures in Lancaster city. Here are images of some…...
Here's a look at before-and-after photos of the Bausman building renovations
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (777+ words) The historic Bausman building in Lancaster city is taking on new life thanks to recent renovations. The building, designed by'C. Emlen Urban, originally opened in 1906 and housed a drugstore on the first floor " now home to The Pottery Works " with…...
C. Emlen Urban expert praises renovation of Bausman building in Lancaster city [video]
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1670+ words) Nearly two years after touring the vacant, neglected upper floors of the C. Emlen Urban-designed building at 12-16 W. Orange St. , architect and Urban expert Gregory Scott returned to see what kind of new office building it had become. Before even stepping inside,…...