Lancaster Trust Company

Lancaster Trust Company
Lancaster Trust Company, August 2011
Location 37-41 N. Market St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′17″N 76°18′28″W / 40.03806°N 76.30778°WCoordinates: 40°2′17″N 76°18′28″W / 40.03806°N 76.30778°W
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1911-1912
Built by Wohlsen, Herman
Architect Urban, C. Emlen
Architectural style Beaux Arts
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 83004221[1]
Added to NRHP November 3, 1983

Lancaster Trust Company is a historic bank building located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was designed in 1910 bu C. Emlen Urban, and built in 1911-1912, in the Beaux-Arts style. It was added to the front of an existing five-story building, built 1889-1890. It consists of the Main Banking Room, Board Room, and vaults, with the basement, lavatories, and passageways include. The facade is of red brick on a limestone foundation. The bank failed in 1932, and the building remained vacant for the next 50 years.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

The Trust Performing Arts Center

For several years the building hosted the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, which featured late 19th-20th century Amish quilts indigenous to the area. In 2013 the building became the home of The Trust Performing Arts Center.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lancaster Trust Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.

External links