W. W. Griest Building
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| W.W. Griest Building | |
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| Location | 8 North Queen Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 1924-1925 |
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| Floor count | 14 |
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| Architect | C. Emlen Urban |
The W.W. Griest Building, also known as the PP&L Building, is a historic skyscraper located in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Built in 1925 by C. Emlen Urban, the W.W. Griest Building is also the tallest building in the city of Lancaster. It has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1999. It is built in the Beaux-Arts style using granite, limestone, terra cotta, synthetics, and asphalt. The Griest Building is fourteen stories tall.[1]
The W.W. Griest Building is named after William Walton Griest, a former Pennsylvania representative.
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- ^ W.W. Griest Building. cityoflancasterpa.com. Retrieved on December 29, 2006.
