Lancaster County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)

Lancaster County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Pennsylvania state historical marker
Lancaster County Courthouse, August 2011
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Location	50 N. Duke St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′18″N76°18′15″W / 40.03833°N 76.30417°W / 40.03833; -76.30417
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1852–1855, 1896–1898, 1926–1927
Architect	Sloan, Samuel; Warner, James H.; Urban, C. Emlen
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	78002415 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1978
Designated PHMC	June 11, 1951 [2]

The Lancaster County Courthouse is an historic, American courthouse building that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and is a contributing property to the Lancaster Historic District. ^[1]

History and architectural features

The original building was built between 1852 and 1855 and was designed by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan (1815–1884). The north wing was added between 1896 and 1898; the low flanking wings on either side of the exterior staircase were added between 1926 and 1927. These later additions were designed by Lancaster architects James H. Warner and C. Emlen Urban, respectively. It is an important example of the Romanesque Revival style. ^[3]

See also

• List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
3. Behling, Robert M. (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Lancaster County Courthouse. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)