324 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA
This towering townhouse was built in 1891 for newspaper publisher Henry Baumgardner Cochran and wife Alma (Shreiner) Cochran. Mr. Cochran was prominent in Lancaster business and civic life. He was a co-owner of the Lancaster Examiner newspaper. He also was a city councilman and commissioner of the streets department. He helped organize the Hamilton Watch Company and the Edison Electric Company.
The Queen Anne-style house features a polygonal tower with a tented roof. There is a pedimented cross gable. The façade has ornate corbelled brickwork. There is detailed carved bracketing on the porch.