250 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA
This Italianate-style townhouse was built ca. 1874 for real estate / land agent David G. Swartz and wife Ellen (Smuller) Swartz. Mr. Swartz moved into Lancaster from Groffdale to conduct his business selling Midwest prairie land to homesteading farmers. The Swartz family eventually moved to Chicago for this real estate work.
The house features a hooded entry, molded window hoods, a stone water table, and a stone belt course below the third story.