Schools Designed by Architect C. Emlen Urban
Researched and Compiled by Deb Oesch

 C. EMLEN URBAN – SCHOOL PROJECTS

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

1883        Ann Street School/became William Henry School, later became SACA
Apr 1889    Florin School, 2-room (replaced in 1933 with a 4-room school by H. Y. Shaub)
Jun 1889    West Chestnut St. School, 300 block, SW corner at Concord St., razed
1890        F&M Chemistry Lab Bldg. (rear of the northern wing of the main college bldg.)
Apr 1895    Strawberry St. School/became Adam Reigart School (became parish house for Bethel A.M.E.)

Oct 1896    Clay St. School/became Robert K. Buerhle School (sold)
Apr 1898   Chi Phi Fraternity House plans, F&M, West End & Wheatland Aves. for N. L. Wiedner (aka 58 N. West End Ave.); became the family home of Mary E. & Henry K. Myers; address changed to 903 Wheatland Ave. c.1940).
Dec 1898   East End/Burrowes School, 2-story, hip-roof, Ranck Ave., Lancaster Twp. (School board minutes/built 1899 by W. J. Hall)
Sep 1899    Mary Street School at New St./became Wharton School (sold)
May 1900  F&M Stager Hall, Science Bldg. (greatly altered over the years, orig. doorway exists)

Mar 1901   Denver Borough School, 8-room building
Apr 1901    Mountville Public School
Apr 1903    Stevens Girls High School/became Stevens Elementary (now apartments)
Jun 1903    Columbia Grammar School
Aug 1904   Cupola on Girls High School Annex, Prince & Chestnut Sts., rebuild

Aug 1905   Lancaster College, 120 N. Lime St. (later, Irex Bldg.)
Jul 1906     Rossmere School, Manheim Twp.
May 1907   Linden Hall gymnasium and auditorium
May 1907   St. Mary’s Parish School (plans 1901?)
May 1907   Mulberry Street School, improvements to closet system

Jun 1907     Alterations and additions to Old Boys High School
Apr 1908    Fremont Street School/became Lafayette (razed; new school has same name)
Aug 1908   Rockland Street School, from same plans as the Fremont School; later became E. E. Higbee School (razed)
Aug 1909   Old Boys High School remodeled
May 1911   West Lampeter High School

May 1912  Thomas H. Burrowes School, Ranck Ave, two-story, 2-room, brick addition, Lancaster Twp. (School board minutes, built by L. L. Kreider & Co.)
Jun 1914    Yeates School, rectory, headmaster’s residence, dormitory in one 23-room bldg., 2 ½ story (American Contractor)
Jan 1915    New Boys High School, W. Orange St., became Robert Fulton School (1916 American Contractor)
Jul 1915     Salisbury Township School (American Contractor)
Oct 1916    Gap Consolidate School, 2-story, brick, Lincoln Hwy., Gap

Feb 1919    Remodel of Huegel Alumni House, F&M Campus
Jan 1922    West End School (James Buchanan Elementary), S. West End Ave. @ Maple Ave., Lancaster Twp. to replace the Bitnerville School
Jul 1922     Sacred Heart Parochial School & Gymnasium, 2-story, W. Walnut & Nevin Sts. (American Contractor)
Jul 1922     Lemon St. Grade School, alterations, 2-story (American Contractor)
Aug 1922   Duke St. Grade School, alterations, 2-story (American Contractor)

Oct 1923    West End Junior High School/became John F. Reynolds Jr. High School, 605 W. Walnut
Nov 1925   East End Junior High School/became Edward Hand Jr. High School
Sep 1926    Ephrata High School (dedicated Nov 1927); later- Highland Elementary School
Feb 1928    Elizabethtown Junior & Senior High School, 70 S. Poplar St.
May 1928  Millersville Normal School dormitories and electrical building

Mar 1929   Lancaster Catholic High School, Francis & Juliette Aves.
Jul 1929     Millersville President’s residence, Millersville College campus
Mar 1930   St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, school and chapel, 2-stories
Aug 1932   Conestoga Center School, two-story brick bldg. replaced frame building destroyed by fire in Jul 1932
Aug 1934   Ephrata High School addition

Feb 1935   Quarryville High School addition
May 1936  Lincoln School addition, Lincoln, Lancaster Co. (Phila. Builders Guide)
Dec 1936    Smoketown Consolidated School, East Lampeter Elementary School
Dec 1936    Ephrata School addition
Jan 1938    Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house, brick, 3-stories (Phila. Builders Guide)

Aug 1938   Elizabethtown High School, addition, brick, steel, 2-stories
Oct 1938    East Donegal Twp. School District, 2 schools, brick, 4-rooms each

Total School Projects:  53
Total School Projects in Hershey, PA:  5

GRAND TOTAL SCHOOL COMMISSIONS:  58
Researched and compiled by Deb Oesch

UPDATED:  9 Oct 2023