430 West Orange Street Lancaster, PA
Lancaster’s most important architect, C. Emlen Urban, designed this 1902 townhouse for the family residence of Lancaster’s premier builder, Herman F. Wohlsen.
Mr. Wohlsen built this house and lived here with first wife Mary (Bahlinger) Wohlsen and later with second wife Anna (Scheuing) Wohlsen. He built some of Lancaster’s finest homes and commercial buildings, including the Woolworth Building, the Y. M. C. A., and the Brunswick Hotel. He was a German immigrant who founded today’s Wohlsen Construction Company.
Emlen Urban used golden brick for this Colonial Revival home. The house features a central dormer topped by a scrolled pediment, a central window in the second floor set in a blind arch, quoined corners, keystoned lintels, and a central entry surrounded by sidelights and a fanlight. The original porch has Classical columns and a turned wooden balustrade.
Stained Glass in a Palladian Window on the Stair Landing:
Stained-Glass Images Credit: Bright MLS