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°W / 40.03806; -76.30778Coordinates: 40°2′17″N 76°18′28″W / 40.03806°N 76.30778°W / 40.03806; -76.30778
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1911-1912
Built by Herman Wohlsen
Architect C. Emlen Urban
Architectural style Beaux Arts
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 by 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] For several years the building hosted the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, which featured late 19th-20th century Amish quilts indigenous to the area.

A view from the stage of a musical performance.
A musical performance being held at The Trust Performing Arts Center, August 2016.

The Trust Performing Arts Center

In 2013, the building became the home of The Trust Performing Arts Center, which is run by Lancaster Bible College's Worship & Performing Arts department.[3] The college puts on a variety of community concerts, lectures, art shows, and live theatre productions at the building.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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.
  3. Editor, JANE HOLAHAN, Entertainment. "LBC investing its Trust in downtown Lancaster". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  4. "Events - The Trust Performing Arts Center". The Trust Performing Arts Center. Retrieved 2017-03-31.


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