W. W. Griest Building

W.W. Griest Building
W. W. Griest Building
General information
Location	8 North Queen Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Construction started	1924
Completed	1925
Technical details
Floor count	14
Design and construction
Architect	C. Emlen Urban
W. W. Griest Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	8 N. Queen St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′17″N 76°18′24″W / 40.03806°N 76.30667°W / 40.03806; -76.30667Coordinates: 40°2′17″N 76°18′24″W / 40.03806°N 76.30667°W / 40.03806; -76.30667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924-1925
Architect	Urban, C. Emlen
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	99000755 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1999
References
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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.^[3] The W.W. Griest Building is the second tallest building in the city of Lancaster.^[4]

The W.W. Griest Building is named after William Walton Griest, a former Pennsylvania representative and head of Lancaster Public Utilities.

It has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1999.^[1]

External links

• City of Lancaster, PA

References

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