48 - 50 N. West End Avenue, Lancaster, PA
These rowhouses were built ca. 1902 in the Queen Anne style. They were designed by architect C. Emlen Urban for builder J. W. Fehl. The building contractor was John M. Froelich. In the early 1900s house number 48 (on the left) was home to Mercy Fridy Miller and her husband Walter A. Miller.
Mrs. Miller was one of the most prominent female civic leaders in Lancaster during that era. She was a Millersville graduate, school teacher, Lancaster City school board member, director of the State Federation of Women, president of the Iris Club, director of the women’s auxiliary of Lancaster General Hospital, president of various societies of Trinity Lutheran Church, etc. She was active with the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Daughters of the American Colonists. Mr. Miller was a Lancaster court reporter / stenographer.
The houses feature a corner turret, finialed dormers, a polygonal bay window, keystoned window lintels, and a porch with Classical columns.