119 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA
This 1903 parish house is one of Lancaster’s finest Georgian Revival structures. It was designed by Lancaster’s leading architect, C. Emlen Urban for St. James Episcopal Church. Herman Wohlsen was the building contractor.
The building features a cast stone balcony supported by decorative consoles, over a double doorway with fanlight and leaded glass. There are two belt courses, a water table, keystoned lintels, an ornate cornice, Flemish bond brickwork, and corner quoins. The stone is Indiana limestone.
The parish house originally housed an orphanage, auditorium, choir room, gymnasium, etc.