This home was constructed ca. 1920 with an American Foursquare design. In the 1930s and 40s it was home to bank executive William E. Alexander and wife Abbie (Posey) Alexander.
Mr. Alexander was president of the Lancaster County National Bank and was treasurer of Lancaster City. He began his banking career here as a teller at Fulton Bank in 1910.
Mrs. Alexander was a music teacher and an accomplished contralto soloist. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music. She sang with many choirs and choral groups, and was active with St. Paul’s Reformed Church.