2024 C. Emlen Urban Awards Ceremony... Reserve Your Seat!
Registration for the 2024 C. Emlen Urban Awards Ceremony is now open. Celebrate together with us the accomplishments of individuals and organizations who exemplify the true nature of Historic Preservation in Lancaster County.
Lancaster Country Club Ballroom
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Starts at 6pm
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Architectural Tour Booklets Now On Sale
These booklets provide a detailed look at the architectural treasures found in the historic municipalities of Ephrata and Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Each booklet is richly adorned with photographs and descriptions of each town's most striking and significant homes, buildings, factories, municipal structures, and more.
My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.
Julia Morgan
To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.
Daniel Libeskind
We live in a time of renaissance … cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect.
Daniel Libeskind
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
Frank Gehry
Our Mission:
To encourage and facilitate historic preservation throughout Lancaster County.