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Houses on N. Lime Street

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c. 1885, attributed to Frank Furness. 24 and 43 N. Lime St.
  • 24 N. Lime (© George E. Thomas)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • 43 N Lime St (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

When downtown living was prime, Lime Street was Lancaster's 5th Avenue. The robustly detailed brick double house at number 24 recalls Frank Furness's large city houses in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse neighborhood. Though Furness usually worked in brick, the rough stone of the house at number 43 complements its massive detailing, at the moment that Richardsonian refinement was about to attract regional attention. Inside, iron straps and chains support fireplace mantels in characteristic Furness fashion.

Writing Credits

Author: 
George E. Thomas
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What's Nearby

First Presbyterian Church
Hamilton Club
Lancaster County Courthouse
Lancaster Museum of Art (C. B. Grubb House)
St. James’ Episcopal Church

Citation

George E. Thomas, "Houses on N. Lime Street", [Lancaster, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LA21.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 319-319.

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