Philadelphia Architects in Lancaster - to 1939
Researched and Compiled by Deb Oesch

Balderston, Charles (411-413 Walnut St., Phila.)
1910 – Christian Gunzenhauser, new bakery, stack, and wagon shed

Baylinson, Samuel Brian (1895-1969)
1929 – Marietta Silk Co., Inc., addition, Columbia, PA

Bevan, James Jennings
1926 – Mrs. Helen H. Bevan, 560 N. School Lane; alterations 1949-1951 by John Lane Evans

Bolton, Charles Webber (1855-1942) & Savage, George Espie (1874-1948)
? – St. Paul’s Reformed Church, consulting architects
1931 – Bethany Presbyterian Church (Savage)

Burns, Charles.Marquedent (1838-1922)
1871 – St. James Episcopal Church, enlargement & improvements
1880 – St. James Episcopal Church, new tower on NW corner of church

Caines, Oscar C. M. (1807 – 1869)
1853 – superintended the Court House for Samuel Sloan
1854 – Second Presbyterian Church, S. Queen St.
?  – Henry E. Leman residence, N. Duke St.
?  – Gen. Sheaffer residence, W. King St.
1858 – parsonage at St. John’s Free Episcopal Church, W. Chestnut St.
1860 – Empire Hook and Ladder House, N. Duke St.

Carver, John E. (1803-1859)
1853 – original plans for St. John’s Free Episcopal Church, W. Chestnut & Mulberry Sts.
 ?  – First Presbyterian Church, 140 E. Orange St.  (Plans changed by Charles M. Howell)

Collins, Edward (1821-1902)
1853 – plans for four new market houses
1860 –? new Lancaster Railroad Depot for the PA Railroad Company

Cookman, William Holmes (? – 1950)
1929 – Lancaster Railroad Station

Cummings, (?)
1857 – remodeling of Masonic Hall/Market House, W. King St.

Davis, Seymour (1869-1923) and Davis, Paul Armon, III (1872-1948)
1903 – Henry G. Long Asylum, Marietta & West End Aves.
1906 – 1908 -Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School, 750 E. King St. -- Moorish Revival  

Dresher & Churchman 
1936 – Hager & Bro., department store addition, corner of Market & Grant Sts.

Durang, Edwin Forrest (1829-1911)
1867 – (rebuild after fire and new roof) & 1885 (alterations) - St. Mary's Church, Vine & S. Prince
1870 – St. Anthony's Catholic Church, E. Orange at Ann St.
1870 – Catholic Church, Marietta
1871 – Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vine St.
1871 – Bair & Shenk, bankers; NE corner of Centre Square
1873 – remodel of Fulton Hall to Opera House 
1874 – H. L. Zahm Co., N. Queen Street
1874 – John Baer's Sons, 15 N. Queen Street
1874 – Myers & Rathfon Clothing Store, E. King St., 3 stories
1874 – Return E. Fahnestock residence, 432 N. Duke between Lemon & James Sts.
? c. 1875 – 220 and 222 Locust St., Columbia (3-story, 3-bay, Italianate, brick, commercial bldg.)
1875 – Columbia Opera House
1876 – Sacred Heart Academy, E. Orange & N. Ann Sts. (D. Rapp, contractor)
1879 – St. Joseph’s Hospital
1881 – St. Joseph’s “Sisters Home” and parochial school, St. Joseph St., east of the church
1881 – 1884 - St. Mary's Orphanage, W. Vine, 4 story brick w/tower
1882 – St. John’s (Free) Episcopal Church annex, W. Chestnut & Mulberry
1885 – St. Mary’s alterations
1886 – 237 Locust St., Columbia (2-story, 3-bay, Classical Revival, commercial bldg.)
1887 – R. E. Fahnestock, store, E. King Street, next to the courthouse
1896 – St. Anthony's Institute (School), E. Orange
? – St. Anthony’s Parish House

Early, Edwin A. (?)
1935 – Concordia Lutheran Church, Chestnut Hill, Lancaster

Evans. John Lane (1902-1994)
1938 – St. John’s Episcopal – rebuild after fire
1949 – 1951 – Hartman residence, 560 N. School Lane (add. & alt.) for Mrs. Helen Bevan (photo)
? – Gardner residence, Springdale Farm, Millersville
? – Windolph Spring House (drawing) 

Eyre, Wilson, Jr. (1858-1944)
1893 – Samuel H. Reynolds, Jr., brick residence, 730 N. Duke St.@ Clay St.; (S.R. Moss/Charles B. Keiper); razed bef. 1929; c. 1959 apt. building built on that site.

Fielding, Mantle (1865-1941)
1904 – Dr. J. E. Baker residence, 3-story brick, NE corner of 27 N. Lime at E. Grant St.

Freret, Will A.
1888 – Lancaster Post Office, N. Duke St.

Fraser, John (1825-1906)
1874 – Barton B. Martin’s “West Lawn” residence, 407 W. Chestnut St. (unproven)

Furness, Frank Heyling (1839-1912); Furness & Evans, Allen (1849-1925) Co.
c. 1881 – Manheim Train Station, Phila. & Reading Co., Manheim, Lanc. Co.
c. 1882 – East Strasburg Station, Phila. & Reading Co., Petersburg, Huntingdon Co., now located at Strasburg Railroad, Lanc. Co.
1883 – Reading & Columbia Railroad Passenger Station, Locust & Bank Sts., Columbia (razed); PAB
c.? – original Lititz Train Station
c. 1886 -1888 – Dr. James E. Baker residence, 24 N Lime St., Romanesque Revival; PAB
c. 1890 – Judge Eugene G. Smith Mansion, 43 N Lime Street, Chateauesque; PAB

Hale, Willis Gaylord (1848-1907)
1885 – Mary Dixon Chapel, Linden Hall, Lititz

Haviland, John (1792-1852)
1850 – Lancaster County Prison, 625 E. King St.

Hazlehurst, Edward P. (1853-1915) & Huckel, William Samuel, Jr. (1858-1917)
(in business c. 1881-1900)
1884 – William Zahm Sener Mansion, 233 N. Charlotte St.

Hewitt, George Wattson (1841-1916) and Hewitt, William Dempster (1847-1924)
1890 – Presbyterian Church, 4th and Locust Sts., Columbia

Hewitt, George W. (1876 - ?)
1926 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, Marietta, interior

Hobbs, Isaac Harding (1817-1896) & Son, Hobbs, George Thompson (1846-1929)
1868 – Christian S. Kauffman residence, 101 S. 2nd & Cherry Sts., Columbia (later known as the old Hugh M. North Mansion; renovated into apts. 1985) – (Godey’s Nov 1870, “Model Residence”; built, destroyed by fire, rebuilt from same plans)
1868-1869 – façade of Columbia Market House (floor plan—Samuel Sloan)
1872 – Elizabeth Eshleman (widow of Benjamin F.) residence and carriage house in rear, 443 N. Duke St.; razed (Godey’s Feb 1873, “Model Residence”)
1873 – Aldjah D. Gyger residence, Old Phila. Pike at Maple Ave, Bird-in-Hand (LCHS Journal 110, #1) (Godey’s May 1874, “American Ornamental Villa”)
1873-1874 – George M. Hambright residence, 415 W. James St., now an F&M Frat House (Hobb’s Architecture – 1876, “American Suburban Residence”)
1874 – George Haldeman residence, Columbia (Godey’s Jan 1877, “Suburban Residence”)
1875 – original gatehouse/chapel for Lancaster Cemetery (Godey’s Jul 1875, “Cemetery Entrance”) (razed and replaced with stone entrance gateway by C. E. Urban)
?1875-1879 – John Ives Hartman residence, 439 N. Duke St.
1880 – Mr. Given residence, Columbia (Godey’s Feb 1881, “Suburban Residence”)
1883 – Wm. M. Weigley residence, Schaefferstown, Leb. Co. (LCHS Journal 110, #1)
1884 – unknown residence, Columbia, PA (Godey’s Apr 1884, “Gothic Cottage”)
1885 – C. C. Kauffman, Esq., residence, Chestnut between 6th & 7th, Columbia
1886 – David Brainard Case residence, Marietta
?1911-1912 – 441- 445 N. Duke St., brick row houses (Geo. T. Hobbs?)

Johnson, Philip H. (1868-1933)
1927 – State Armory w/C. E. Urban

Karcher, Walter Thompson (1881 – 1953) & Smith, Livingston
1917 – Charles L. Miller residence, 1267 Wheatland Ave.
1917 – Robert E. Miller residence, 1271 Wheatland Ave.
1928-1929 – new Chi Phi fraternity house, F&M, 603 Race Ave., D. S. Warfel, builder (date unproven)

Kennedy, Robert Gray
1886 – Geo. M. Steinman Hardware Store, 26-28 W. King St., Queen Anne
1888 – Farmers Bank, S. Duke St. addition

Klauder, Charles Zeller (1872-1938); Day, Harry Kent (1851-1925) & Klauder
1924 – F&M Dormitories – Dietz-Santee, Franklin-Meyran
1924 – F&M Bisecker Gymnasium
1927 – F&M Boiler (Power) House
1927 – F&M Hensel Auditorium
1929 – F&M Fackenthal Laboratories

Le Brun, Napolean Eugene Charles Henry (1821-1901)
1852 – St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Vine St.

Lee, William Harold (1884-1971)
1925 – Capitol Theatre, Lancaster
1929 – I.O.O.F. Home, power house, Middletown
1937 – Fackenthal Library at F&M
1937 – Keiper Liberal Arts/Green Room Theatre (now Barshinger Center for Musical Arts)

Lichty, Samuel Kendrick (1900-1962), born in Lancaster, PA
1926 – Frederick S. Miller residence, 154 N. School Lane, French Eclectic

Lonsdale, Thomas Preston (1855-1900)
1890 – First Methodist Church, N Duke Street, Gothic Revival  

Loos, Richard Conover (1871-1942, fl. 1889-1936)
1894 – John F. Brimmer residence & stables, 1044 Marietta Ave. @ President Ave.

Lovatt, George Ignatius, Sr. (1872-1958)
c. 1908 – St. Francis Convent (@ St. Joseph’s Catholic Church), Poplar St.

Magaziner & Potter
1913 – new Lancaster Country Club house

McGoodwin, Robert Rodes (1886-1967)
1937 – John F. Steinman residence, Red Run Road, Martic Twp., Lancaster Co.  

Monaghan, Paul
1914 – Holy Trinity Parochial School, 4th & Cherry Sts., Columbia

Morrow, J. R.
1882-1883 – John Rohrer Diffenbaugh residence, 319 N. Duke St.

Nattres, George & Son
1900 – addition to Mount Hope Church, Manheim

Newman & Harris (fl. 1902-1910)
1907 – new Academy building at F&M
1910 – addition to St. James Episcopal, robing room for choir

Paul, Oglesby
1913 – Long Park pavillion

Paules, G. E. & Barnes, Amos W.
1925 – new addition to Columbia Hospital

Price, Benjamin D.
1893 – Western Methodist Church, 238 Lancaster Ave.
1895 – St. Paul’s Reformed Mission Chapel, N. Lime & New Sts.

Price (?)
? – Keiper-Long Mansion, but we don't know which Price brother it was!

Prichett/Pritchett/Pritchard, William Cresson, Jr. (1859-1925)
1891 – William S. Gleim residence, 1135 Columbia Ave. northside, east of N. School Lane
c. 1897 – Charles Steinman Foltz residence, 249 N. Charlotte St. @ Walnut St. (Our Present Past)
c. 1897 – Foltz carriage house, 252 N. Concord St. (OPP)
1897 – Wm. W. Folz, dwelling (w/Thomas B. Prichett, his brother) (Phila. Arch. & Builders) ?
1899 – John C. Hager residence, 1110 Wheatland Ave.
c. 1900 – Prof. John Brainard Kieffer residence, 441 College Ave.
1904 – George R. Eshlemann residence (alterations and/or additions)
1906 – Alan A. Herr residence, 120 N. School Lane (modified 1920’s & 1930’s by Zimmerman family)
? c. 1909 – James Laird Brown mansion, 1136 Columbia Ave.
1911 – Miller’s Drug Store and the National House, remodel fronts of N. Queen St. properties
1911 – Herbert W. Hartman residence, 415 N. Duke St. (OPP)
1914 – W. C. Bidlack house (alterations and/or additions)
1915 – St. John’s Episcopal Parish House
1916 – Hugh Clark house, 1019 Buchanan Ave.
1924 – George R. Weber carriage house (rebuilt Nevin mansion carriage house), 1120 Columbia Ave.
1924 – John A. Maxwell House, 1047-49 Columbia Ave. (there is a datestone)
1924 – Biesecker Gymnasium, F&M

Savage, George E.
1925 – Otterbein United Brethren Church, N. Queen at Clay St.

Savery, Sheetz & Savery
1910 – Hager & Bro. store, 25 W. King (w/C. Emlen Urban)

Savoy, Sheets & Gilmore (?)
1937 – Millersville State Teachers College, new buildings and additions

Schwartzman, H. J. (?)
1879 – E. Z. Rhoads and Brother Jewelry Store, W. King St. opposite City Hall

Seeburger & Rabenhold, Charles F.
1914 – new Bethany Reformed Church of Ephrata

Sims/Simms, James Peacock (1849-1882)
1873 – Stevens House Hotel
1882 – Peter McConomy residence, W. Chestnut & N. Charlotte Sts.

Sloan, Samuel (1815-1884)
? c. 1860 – Hugh M. North, Esq. Mansion, Second & Cherry Streets, Columbia (renovated into apts. 1985)
1852 – original Fulton Opera Hall, Italianate
1852-1855 – Lancaster County Courthouse, Roman Revival (cornerstone laid Aug 1852)
1868 – David M. Mayer house, Italianate, Fruitville Pike, Manheim Twp.
1868 – repairs to pillars of the courthouse belfry
1868-1869 – floor plan for Columbia Market House (façade by Isaac Hobbs)
1870 – Columbia Town Hall
1870 – Flinn & Breneman Store, 69 N. Queen St.
1871 – Hager & Brothers Store, W. King St.
1871 – Gerhart House, President’s House, Lanc.Theological Seminary
1871 – Apple House, President’s House, F&M (now Huegel Alumni House)
1871 – Harbaugh Hall, F&M College, first dormitory
1897 – his previous plans for the county jail were used

Talley, Charles Middleton (1894-1979)
1934 – Sunday School bldg. for “First Moravian Church of the Brethren”, Lititz, PA
1934 – First United Brethren Church, Ephrata
1934 – United Brethren Church Sunday School, Ephrata
1939 – Paul Bomberger residence and garage, 500 S. Broad Street, Lititz
1940 – Parsonage for “First Moravian Church of the Brethren”, Lititz, PA
? – Lititz Fire House

Thorn, Frederick G. (fl. 1857-1911)
1885 – James Perrottet residence, Chestnut between 4th & 5th, Columbia

Welsh, Patrick A. (c.1845-1916)
1887 – People's National Bank, 152 E. King St.
1887 – J.D. Skiles and John B. Frank – dwelling
1888 – cashier of People’s National Bank – dwelling
1888 – Mr. Reinell -- dwelling
1890 – Lancaster Trust Building, N. Queen St.
1891 – St. Joseph's Rectory, St. Joseph St.
1893 – Mr. Rosenstein – dwelling

Wightman, Edgar Alvin (1871-c. 1950)
1920 – hospital and administration building for Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown
1925 – Lancaster County Memorial Home, Elizabethtown
1931 – 2nd unit of John Smith Masonic Home for Boys, Elizabethtown

Wilson, E. Allen
1922 – Bayuk Bros. Co., warehouse
1923 – Bayuk Bros. Co., sweat building No. 3

Windrim, James Hamilton (1840-1919)
c. 1892 – Post Office (City Hall), 120 N Duke Street, Venetian Renaissance

Windrim, John Torrey (1866-1934), son of J. H. Windrim
c. 1911 – Masonic Homes Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown
c. 1925 – Bell Telephone Co., 130 N Duke Street, Art Deco

Zantzinger, Clarence C., Borie, C. Louis, Jr. & Medary, Milton B. (fl.1910-1929)
1911 – Masonic Grand Lodge Hall, Elizabethtown
1914 – new railroad station at Elizabethtown

Updated 8 Feb 2024

-Deb Oesch