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The city of Lancaster is the location of 57 of these properties and districts; they are listed separately, while the 153 properties and districts in the other parts of the county are listed here. One property straddles the Lancaster city limits and appears on both lists. Another three sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks ...
This historic district includes 578 contributing buildings that are located in a predominantly residential area of Lancaster, with buildings mostly dating to between about 1840 and 1910. The district also includes a few buildings dating to the eighteenth century. Residential buildings include two- and three-story Victorian brick rowhouses.
Mount Hope Estate is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property in Rapho and Penn Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.The original estate was the center of operations of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty during the 19th century and included over 2,500 acres (1,000 ha), a charcoal iron furnace, a grist mill, housing for employees and tenants, plus supporting structures such as a ...
It is in the central area of the county, and it immediately surrounds Lancaster City. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 18,591. [2] Lancaster Township is one of the six immediate suburbs of the city of Lancaster, all sharing the same official designation as Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by the United States Postal Service. [3]
PA 340 west (West Kings Highway) – Lancaster: Northern end of PA 340 concurrency: Honey Brook: 24.585: 39.566: US 322 (Horseshoe Pike) – Beartown, Downingtown: Lancaster: Caernarvon Township: 29.083: 46.805: PA 23 west (Main Street) – Lancaster: Southern end of PA 23 concurrency: Berks: Caernarvon Township: 29.283: 47.126: To I-176 north ...
At this point, PA 372 turns north onto PA 896 and the two routes run concurrent through a mix of farms and homes. PA 372 splits from PA 896 by heading east on Christiana Pike, at which point PA 896 makes a turn to the west and enters the community of Georgetown. In Georgetown, the route makes a turn to the north and curves to the northwest ...
The area that became Lancaster County was part of William Penn's 1681 charter. [8] John Kennerly received the first recorded deed from Penn in 1691. [9] Although Matthias Kreider was said to have been in the area as early as 1691, there is no evidence that any Europeans settled in Lancaster County before 1710.
Historically, the Lancaster County covered bridges were painted with red sides and all-white portals. [6] Today most of the bridges retain this pattern, however, some of the portals are painted red with white trim (such as on the Zook's Mill Covered Bridge) or all-red (such as on the Pool Forge Covered Bridge). A number of these bridges also ...