This magnificent building is Lancaster City’s finest example of asymmetrical Italianate architecture. It was built ca. 1872 for publisher Reuben A. Baer and wife Mary (Harman) Baer.
The central bay is a three-story tower with a hipped roof and bracketed cornice. The first floor has a polygonal bay window with round-arched windows. There is a string course above the second story. The entry is round arched with double doors.
Today the building is home to the DeBord Snyder Funeral Home.