323 West King Street Lancaster, PA
Lancaster’s Musser-Reigert House is architecturally one of the city’s most significant Georgian-style house. The earliest part of this house was built ca. 1780 by leather tanner Michael Musser. The original east section, on the right, includes fine woodwork which was probably made by the same carpenter who built Lancaster’s 1785 Judge Charles Smith House. That Smith house was demolished in 1967, before the creation of the Historic District which would have protected that landmark building.
In 1814 this house was purchased by Adam Reigert Jr. He was Lancaster’s chief burgess (mayor) from 1810 to 1815. He also was president of the Lancaster branch of the Pennsylvania Bank. According to local tradition, French General Lafayette reviewed troops from this house during his 1825 visit to America.
The stone house has a pilastered-and-pedimented entry, keystoned lintels, pedimented dormers, and a Grecian-key cornice. The window sash and shutters date to ca. 1870.