308 East King Street Lancaster, PA
In 1967 Mennonite teacher Grace Wenger founded Menno-Housing Corporation to provide affordable housing for low-income residents in the Lancaster area.
Her project expanded into Tabor Community Services, involving additional Mennonite community leaders. That organization then became the nonprofit Tenfold in 2021, after combining with LHOP, Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership.
Today this former Eastern Market building is home to Tenfold. The nonprofit continues to provide affordable housing and financial security for local residents.
The building was constructed as a farmers’ market in 1883 in a Second Empire style. The architect was John H. Evans, who is often named Lancaster’s first architect.
The first-floor display windows are a later addition. The market closed in 1927.