319 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA
This Italianate-style townhouse was built in 1883 for banker / merchant John Rohrer Diffenbach and wife Martha (Breneman) Diffenbach. Mr. Diffenbach owned general stores in Marietta and Lebanon, before moving here to Lancaster in retirement. Research by Deb Oesch indicates the house was designed by Architect J. R. Morrow of Philadelphia.
The house features a bracketed cornice with an ornamental frieze, and an arched double door. The single-paned windows are replacements from the 1970s. Pink cherry trees flower in front of the townhouse each spring. 319 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA.