442 South Queen Street Lancaster, PA
This beautiful Second Empire home was built ca. 1879 by the father of Lancaster's most important architect, C. Emlen Urban. This father / builder was Amos C. Urban. He built the house for the family of his brother Dr. Benjamin F. W. Urban. Meanwhile this father / builder built a similar house for his own family next door, which was Emlen Urban's home when he was a teenager.
Red-slate dots march across the slate roof. Scroll-sawn tracery softens the cornice. The entry porch has preserved its ornate brackets and balusters. This house is a beauty.