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Thomas Foster Hermansader to be featured artist at Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County’s October First Friday Open House
Join us on Friday, October 7, 2022, from 5 to 8 pm for a First Friday open house at the beautiful Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA, in the heart of Gallery Row. We will be hosting artist Thomas Foster Hermansader for a one-night-only pop-up art show. Thomas Foster Hermansader…
Melissa Wirls to be featured at Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County’s September First Friday Open House
Join us on Friday, September 2, 2022, from 5 to 8 pm for a First Friday open house at the beautiful Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA, in the heart of Gallery Row. We will be hosting Melissa Wirls for a one-night-only pop-up art show. Mixed Media artist, Melissa Wirls, was born…
CJ Hurley to be featured at Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County’s August First Friday Open House
Join us on Friday, August 5, 2022, from 5 to 9 pm for a First Friday open house at the beautiful Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA, in the heart of Gallery Row. We will be hosting CJ Hurley for a one-night-only pop-up art show. Pieces for sale will include paintings…
Richard Redmond to be featured artist at Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County’s July First Friday Open House
Join us on Friday, July 1, 2022, from 5 to 9 pm for a First Friday open house at the beautiful Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA in the heart of Gallery Row. We will be hosting artist Richard Redmond for a one-night-only pop-up art show. Richard Redmond After graduating from…
ArtWalk Weekend at the Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House
Join us on Saturday, May 21 from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, May 22 from noon until 5 pm when we host the Echo Valley Art Group for a Pop-Up Art Show during Lancaster City’s Spring ArtWalk Weekend in the heart of Gallery Row at 123 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA. Echo Valley…
Thomas Foster Hermansader to be featured artist at Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County’s May First Friday Open House
Join us on Friday, May 6, 2022, from 5 to 9 pm for a First Friday open house at the beautiful Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA in the heart of Gallery Row. We will be hosting artist Thomas Foster Hermansader for a one-night-only pop-up art show. Thomas Foster Hermansader…
Historic Preservation Trust to welcome visitors at 123 North Prince Street for April First Friday
This is no April Fool’s prank! Join us on Friday, April 1, 2022, from 5 to 9 pm for a First Friday open house at the beautiful Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA in the heart of Gallery Row. We will be hosting artist Evanna Morris for a one-night-only pop-up…
A Brief History about famed Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban
C. Emlen Urban February 26, 1863 — May 21, 1939 C. Emlen Urban was born in Conestoga Center, known today simply as Conestoga, Pennsylvania. His parents were Amos Sylvester and Barbara Ann Hebbel. His wife, Jennie McMichael, passed away in 1953 at 91. Their children were Miriam (1889-1976) and Rathfon (1893-1973). Urban is buried at…
Wrightsville Lime Kilns
North Front Street at Limekiln Alley, Wrightsville Borough of Wrightsville These large stone structures are lime kilns and are remnants of a very important nineteenth-century Wrightsville Industry. The structures are constructed of heavy stone with brick relieving arches and iron lintels that support the upper stone structure. The kilns were abandoned almost 100 years ago,…
Celebrate Ephrata: Pay a visit to ‘The Grand Lady of Main Street’
The 1923 Ephrata National Bank is one of three Ephrata buildings designed by Lancaster Architect C. Emlen Urban. You can find “The Grand Lady of Main Street” at 31 East Main Street, Ephrata, Pa. In late 1921, The Ephrata National Bank hired C. Emlen Urban to develop plans for a bank building on the former…