250 West Orange Street Lancaster, PA
In the early 1900s Lancaster’s most important architect teamed up with Lancaster’s most prominent builder to construct this ca. 1909 townhouse for bakery owner Christian Gunzenhauser and wife Katherine (Schaefer) Gunzenhauser. The architect was Emlen Urban. The builder was Herman Wohlsen.
Christian Gunzenhauser had been a penniless,14-year-old immigrant orphan from Württemberg, Germany. He founded one of this region’s most successful bakeries here in the city of Lancaster, and created a dynasty of bread and cakes.
The home’s Colonial Revival details include Flemish-bond brickwork with glazed headers, and keystoned window lintels. The original façade is intact, although the front porch has been enclosed.