659 - 661 West Chestnut Street
Lancaster’s most important architect, C. Emlen Urban, designed this impressive double house. The building is next door to two more double houses by this architect. The six units were built in 1892 by developer John W. Holman.
The house features gambrel-roofed cross gables, tripartite bay windows surmounted by balconies and elaborate windows with fanlights and keystoned brick arches. Ornamentation includes terra cotta panels. The porch is supported by Ionic columns on brick piers.