42 N. West End Avenue Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster’s most important architect, C. Emlen Urban, designed this turreted townhouse in a row of five homes of his design. They were constructed in 1902.
The houses are of pressed brick with Indiana limestone trim, Avondale stone walls, and mansard roofs. The Queen Anne style turrets on the end units are detailed with festoons and pilasters. They are among the city’s most graceful turrets. Emlen Urban designed the interiors with parlors of China gloss and Empire stairways of antique oak. The contractor was John M. Froelich.
In the early 1900s this turreted house was home to Charles E. Bowman and wife Mary (Newpher) Bowman. The couple moved to Lancaster after selling their store in Millersville in 1905.