25 North Lime Street Lancaster, PA
This Neoclassical townhouse was built in 1905 by physician James E. Baker and wife Bertha (Kline) Baker.
The previous home on this same site had been a landmark Colonial townhouse of Georgian design. During the Revolutionary War that former townhouse was the home of burgess (mayor) Caleb Cope. Historians remember Caleb Cope for providing housing in that home during the Revolutionary War for British prisoner of war Major John Andre, who plotted with Benedict Arnold to surrender West Point.
Later, that same Georgian townhouse was home to one of Lancaster’s most prominent politicians, Abraham Herr Smith, a U. S. Congressman from 1873 to 1885.
In 1945, the Jewish congregation Temple Beth El purchased this house. The congregation moved to East Petersburg in 2002. Today the house is owned by Ministry Int. IPDA, Inc of Reading, PA. House address: