Architect C. Emlen Urban designed this Chateauesque house in the 1890s. He will always be Lancaster's most important historical architect. The house was built for the Steigerwalt family. Elmer E. Steigerwalt was a dealer of flour and coal.
A round tower having a conical roof is balanced by a bay window having a curved pediment dormer. Later, Architect Emlen Urban's favorite styles became Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival.