C. EMLEN URBAN – CHURCH PROJECTS 

Please note that further research may reveal additional information about these CEU commissions. 

Mar 1889 – Second Street Lutheran Church, parsonage, Columbia 
Jun 1889 – Presbyterian parsonage, Market St., Marietta 
Oct 1893 – St. Paul's Reformed, Quarryville, rebuilt—2nd (stone) church 
Sep 1894 – Zion Lutheran, 133 E. Vine St. – new parsonage 
Nov 1895 – St. James Reformed Episcopal Chapel, Locust & Lime Sts., complete chapel renovation 

Jan 1896 – Grace United Evangelical Church, Millersville 
Sep 1897 – Zion Lutheran Church, 133 E. Vine St. -- improvements and steeple/bell tower 
Oct 1900 – Covenant United Brethren Church, remodeling of auditorium 
Apr 1902 – St. Paul's United Church of Christ/Reformed, Duke & Orange Sts. (NOTE:  Apr 1904 article about dedication states the architects were CEU and Chas. W. Bolton, of Phila., who designed and drew the plans, CEU was the supervising architect) 
Dec 1902 – (2nd) Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, 1 Penn Ave., Christiana (purchased in 1972 by Christiana Mennonite Church, later became Living Truth Fellowship Church)

Jun 1903 – St. James Episcopal Church, parish house and orphanage, 119 N. Duke St. 
Jan 1904 – Sacred Heart Catholic Church, new rectory, 3-story, double front, W. Walnut St. 
Jun 1904 – Reformed Mennonite Church, E. James & Cherry Sts. (blueprints) 
May 1906 – Grace Lutheran Church, 501 N. Queen @ E. James Sts. 
Nov 1907 – St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 5th & Maclay Sts., Harrisburg 

Feb 1908 – St. Mary’s Hall, Lancaster 
Apr 1908 – St. Andrew’s Reformed Church, parsonage 
Aug 1908 – Unitarian Church, 538 W. Chestnut @ Pine Sts. 
Apr 1910 – Unitarian Church, building remodeled as parsonage, 540 W. Chestnut St. 
Feb 1913 – First Presbyterian Church, remodeled 

Jul 1914 – Presbyterian Chapel, brick, 2-stories, Marietta 
1914 – St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church (became St. Paul’s United Methodist), SW corner of S. Queen & German (now Farnum) Sts. 
Jul 1916 – Bethel Church of God, Sunday school & church, 1-story & basement, Elizabethtown (American Contractor) 
Mar 1919 – First M & E Church, alterations, N. Duke & Walnut Sts. (1917 American Contractor) 
Dec 1923 – First Methodist Church, renovations after fire 

Dec 1926 – First Presbyterian Church, interior renovations, and spire after fire 
Sep 1930 – First Methodist Episcopal Church, N. Duke St., renovations 
Oct 1930 – First Presbyterian Church, 3-story Sunday school building. 
Nov 1931 – Trinity Lutheran Church, S. Duke St., parish house, chapel, and auditorium designed 
Nov 1932 – Green Hill United Brethren Church, addition, 1-story, frame 
Jul 1937 – Grace U. E. Church, alterations and additions, Shippen & Locust Sts. 

Total Church Projects:  31  
Total Church Projects in Hershey, PA:  1 
GRAND TOTAL CHURCH COMMISSIONS:  32 

Researched and compiled by Deb Oesch 
UPDATED:  4 Aug 2023