The W.W. Griest Building, also known as the Lancaster Federal Building and PP and L Building, is a historic skyscraper located in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban and built 1924–1925. It is built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and is a steel frame building faced in granite, limestone, and terra cotta. The Griest Building is fourteen stories tall and each floor measures 66 feet by 55 feet, or 3,600 square feet. The 12th floor, now office space, once housed a 300-seat auditorium with a green and gold frescoed ceiling. A 53 foot tall tower was added to the top of the building in 1976. The W.W. Griest Building is the second tallest building in the city of Lancaster.
The Harlan Log House, also known as "The Log House," was built about 1715 by Joshua Harlan, is a well-preserved example of an English-style log cabin near Kennett Square, in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is about a half mile west of the hamlet of Fairville. Joshua Harlan was the son of George Harlan, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1687. Joshua was born in 1696 and was the cousin of the George Harlan, who built the Harlan House, about 12 miles north about 1724. Both houses are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1 1/2 stories tall and measures 25 feet wide by 97 feet, 6 inches, long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 feet by 30 feet. Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement. The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines. SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.
Potter–Allison Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The district includes nine contributing buildings and one contributing site in Centre Hall. The district includes the Potter–Allison House, 19th century wood barn, and a variety of outbuildings including a hog barn, equipment buildings, corn crib, stone slaughterhouse, and a springhouse. Also on the property are the remains of milling and tanning operations. The Georgian-style house was built about 1817, with a Victorian addition dating to the 1850s. It is a 2 1/2-story brick dwelling. The property was originally owned and developed by General James Potter (1729–1789), who built a log cabin and grist mill. The property was acquired by the locally prominent Allison family in 1849.
Daniel Waggoner Log House and Barn is a historic home and barn located at Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The log house was built about 1809, and is a two-story dwelling with a gable roof, measuring 32 feet by 28 feet. Also on the property is a contributing log barn, also built about 1809.
William R. Griffith House, also known as Cathedral House and Cathedral House of St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral, is a historic home located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1840 and 1843, and is a three-story, three-bay wide brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. The front block measures 28 feet by 40 feet, with a narrower rear block measuring 15 feet by 50 feet. It features a front portico with freestanding Ionic order columns.
Benjamin B. Leas House, also known as Shirleysburg Female Seminary, Fort Shirley Site, and "The Rock," is a historic home located at Shirleysburg in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1850, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular red brick building, five-bays wide and measuring 41 feet by 32 feet. It has a rear kitchen / servant's quarters wing. The house is in the Greek Revival style. The house was built on the site of Fort Shirley, originally built in 1755. The house was used for a seminary from 1855 to 1866, as a rest-home for members of the German Baptist Church from 1885 to 1893, then housed the Shirleysburg Female Seminary until about 1903.
S. B. Brodbeck Housing, also known as The Brick House, is a set of four historic rowhouses located at Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1890–1891, and is a three-story, plus attic, brick building. It has a mansard roof with a fish-scale slate pattern in the Second Empire-style. The row measures 73 feet wide and 29 feet deep. It features a full-length two-story front porch and balcony, with an intricate railing and post bracket pattern. It was built by locally prominent Samuel B. Brodbeck.
Samuel Stoner Homestead, also known as Indian Road Farm, Bechtel Farm, and Wiest Dam, is a historic home and farm located at West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three stages: a 1 1/2-story, Germanic influenced limestone banked house built between 1798 and 1801; a second story was added about 1835; and a 2-story, 3-bay stone addition, built about 1850. It measures 62 feet by 30 feet. Also on the property is a small stone and frame springhouse, a small stone smoke house, and a small frame and stone bank barn, all dating to the mid-19th century.
Shippen House is a historic home located at Shippensburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is a large 2½-story, limestone building, built in three phases.
Hugh Laughlin House is a historic home located at Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It consists of two sections. The older was built between about 1785 and 1795, and is a two-story, three bay, stone structure in the Georgian style. It measures 26 feet by 30 feet. A 1 1/2-story sandstone section was added between about 1800 and 1810. It measures 22 feet by 20 feet. Also on the property are the ruins of a large brick spring house.
Searight's Fulling Mill is a historic fulling mill located at Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was built about 1810 and is a 2 1/2-story, sandstone building with a gable roof. It measures approximately 20 by 30 feet. The mill closed in the 1820s and was converted to a dwelling.
Miller Hall is a historic building located on the campus of Waynesburg University at Waynesburg in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is located directly to the east of Hanna Hall. It was built between 1879 and 1899, and is a three-story, brick and sandstone building in the Second Empire-style. It has a mansard roof and measures 158 feet long and 54 feet wide, with an 86 feet long and 50 feet wide cross-section. It was named for Alfred Brashear Miller, President of Waynesburg College from 1859 to 1899. The building has housed administrative offices, classrooms, a laboratory, library, and chapel. The building also houses Alumni Hall and the "Martin Room."
John B. Good House is a historic home located at Bowmansville, Brecknock Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1847, and is a 2 1/2-story, sandstone building with a gable roof and full-width front porch. The house measures 36 feet by 30 feet. The property includes the remains of demolished outbuildings including a summer kitchen, barn, large drive-in scales, and corn crib.
William Werner House is a historic home located at Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1762, and is a 1 1/2-story, four bay frame dwelling on a stone foundation. It has a steep gable roof and is in the Georgian style. It measure 30 feet wide by 36 feet deep. A rear addition and two front dormers were added in 1849.
Springfield Mill, also known as the Piper-Streeper Mill, is a historic gristmill located along the Wissahickon Creek in Erdenheim, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a building on the Bloomfield Farm tract, now part of Morris Arboretum.
William A. Heiss House and Buggy Shop is a historic home located at Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. The property includes three buildings; the house, buggy shop, and display-storage center. The house was built in 1870, and is a two-story, five-bay frame dwelling with a rear ell. The buggy shop was built in 1889, and is a two-story, rectangular wood frame building, 63 feet long and 24 feet wide. The display-storage center was built in 1895, and is a two-story, rectangular wood frame building, 33 feet long and 50 feet wide. It is representative of the buggy manufacturers who once had a notable presence in Mifflinburg.
William T. Tilden Middle School is a historic middle school located in the Paschall neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1926–1927. It is a three-story, 11 bay, brick and limestone building in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features projecting end bays with one-story entrances, brick piers, and a crenellated parapet.
William Everhart House is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Federal style dwelling with a gable roof. It measures 50 feet by 21 feet, and features two entrances, one with a fanlight. It was the home of Congressman William Everhart (1785-1868), who also built the William Everhart Buildings in West Chester.
William Everhart Buildings, also known as the Everhart-Lincoln Building, is a historic commercial building located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built by Congressman William Everhart (1785-1868) about 1833, and is a three-story, three bay, rectangular brick building in the Federal style. It measures 40 feet long and between 20 and 25 feet wide. The front facade features a hipped roof second story wrought iron porch added in 1868. The building housed a number of printing concerns, most notably newspapers. It was the printing house where Abraham Lincoln's first biography was published on February 11, 1860, as an article in the Chester County Times.
