Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lancaster, United States
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7.3 km
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Experience Lancaster in United States in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in LancasterIndividual Sights in LancasterSight 1: L. G. Sherman Tobacco Warehouse
The L. G. Sherman Tobacco Warehouse is an historic, American tobacco warehouse that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 2: Conestoga Cork Works Building
Conestoga Cork Works Building, also known as E. Rosenwald & Co. Tobacco Warehouse, Rose Bros. & Co., Farmers Supply, and Rosenwald Court Apartments, is a historic factory and tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1883 and 1897, and is a three-story, 31 bay brick building with a hipped and gabled roof. It has a stuccoed limestone foundation. The building was used as a cork cutting factory until 1912, a tobacco warehouse until the 1960s, then converted to apartments in 1992.
Sight 3: Edward McGovern Tobacco Warehouse
Edward McGovern Tobacco Warehouse is a historic tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1880, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, red brick building. It is six bays by three bays and has a moderate pitched slate covered gable roof with gabled dormers. Additions were made with the building about 1910 and about 1939. The building houses the Lancaster Brewing Company restaurant.
Sight 4: Basch & Fisher Tobacco Warehouse
The Basch & Fisher Tobacco Warehouse is a historic tobacco warehouse which is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Sight 5: Hamilton Apartments
The Hamilton Apartments are two historic apartment buildings which are located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1906, and are three-story brick and stone buildings.
Wikipedia: Hamilton Apartments (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (EN)
Sight 6: Sprenger Brewery
The Sprenger Brewery, also known as the Excelsior Brewery Complex, is an historic, American brewery complex that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 7: Charlie Wagner's Cafe
Charlie Wagner's Cafe is a small historic building in the shadow of the Lancaster County Courthouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. From 1891 to 1963 the building housed a bar, rather than a cafe, and a few hotel rooms. It has also served as a warehouse for a nearby department store and now houses lawyers' offices.
Sight 8: New Era Building
The New Era Building is an historic, American commercial and industrial building that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Wikipedia: New Era Building (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (EN), Website
Sight 9: Lancaster Central Market
Central Market, also known as Lancaster Central Market, is a historic public market located in Penn Square, in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Until 2005, when it was transferred to a trust, the market was the oldest municipally-operated market in the United States.
Sight 10: Lancaster Trust Company
The Lancaster Trust Company is an historic, American bank building that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 11: Old City Hall
The Old City Hall, also known as the County Court House and State House, is a historic, American city hall building that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 12: Reilly Brothers and Raub Building
The Reilly Brothers and Raub Building is an historic, American commercial building that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 13: W. W. Griest Building
The W.W. Griest Building, also known as the Lancaster Federal Building and PP&L Building, is an historic, American skyscraper that is located in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Sight 14: Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 43-foot (13 m) tall Gothic Revival memorial which stands in Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on July 4, 1874, at its present site on the Northeast intersection of King and Queen Streets. The monument's original intention was to pay tribute to Lancastrian Union soldiers killed during the American Civil War. However, today the Soldiers and Sailors Monument also represents those who have served in subsequent American military conflicts.
Wikipedia: Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (EN)
Sight 15: Demuth Museum
Demuth Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, is a museum dedicated to the paintings of Charles Demuth (1883–1935) located in his former studio and home at 120 East King Street. The museum offers a rotating view of a permanent collection which includes 42 Charles Demuth originals as well as artists and works that present a Demuth connection in the areas of theme, technique and epoch. Two recent exhibitions have featured Demuth contemporaries Alfred H. Maurer and Lyonel Feininger.
Sight 16: Lancaster Convention Center
The Lancaster County Convention Center (LCCC) is a publicly owned convention center in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With initial site preparation in late 2006 and completion in the summer of 2009, the Lancaster County Convention Center is one of several projects intended to help revitalize downtown Lancaster.
Sight 17: Farmer's Southern Market
Farmer's Southern Market is a historic farmer's market located in downtown Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban and built in 1888. It is a brick building consisting of a three-story headhouse and two-story markethouse, in the Queen Anne style. It measures 90 feet wide and 250 feet deep. It features ornamental terra cotta and brickwork and towers. The city closed the market in the late 1980s, and has since housed Lancaster's Visitors Bureau, offices and Council Chambers.
Sight 18: St. Mary's Catholic Church of Lancaster
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, more commonly known as Historic St. Mary's Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1741, throughout most of its history, the church served the German-speaking Catholics of Lancaster. The parish has had three church buildings over the course of its existence, with the current Gothic Revival brick church being completed in 1854.
Wikipedia: St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (EN), Website
Sight 19: William Montgomery House
The William Montgomery House is an historic, American mansion that is located on South Queen Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Built in 1803, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 2000.
Wikipedia: William Montgomery House (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (EN)
Sight 20: Jasper Yeates House
The Jasper Yeates House, also known as the home of WRKY Radio, is an historic American home that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 21: Kirk Johnson Building
The Kirk Johnson Building is an historic, American commercial building that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 22: Steinman Hardware Store
Steinman Hardware Store is a historic commercial building located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1886, and is a three-story, brick and cast iron building in the Queen Anne style. It features a brick and stone balustrade at the roofline and a cut stone, metal, and stained glass storefront believed to date to 1744. The Steinman Hardware Store was first located at this site in 1793.
Sight 23: Follmer, Clogg and Company Umbrella Factory
Follmer, Clogg and Company Umbrella Factory, also known as Van Sciver Building, is a historic factory building located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1880 and 1905, and is a U-shaped, brick complex measuring approximately 144 feet by 250 feet. It housed Follmer, Clogg and Company, a manufacturer of umbrellas and parachutes, until the 1940s. In 1944, it was acquired by J.B. Van Sciver Co. and housed a furniture store, warehouse, and repair shop until 1982.
Sight 24: Henry Krauskap House
The Henry Krauskap House, also known as Henry Krauskap House and Store and Meiskey's, is an historic home which is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 25: Walter Schnader Tobacco Warehouse
The Walter Schnader Tobacco Warehouse is a historic, American tobacco warehouse that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 26: R. K. Schnader & Sons Tobacco Warehouse
The R. K. Schnader & Sons Tobacco Warehouse is an historic, American tobacco warehouse that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sight 27: Fulton
The Fulton Opera House, also known as the Fulton Theatre or simply The Fulton, is a League of Regional Theatres class B regional theater located in historic downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is reportedly the oldest working theatre in the United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
Sight 28: Hager Building
The Hager Building is an historic commercial building which is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Designed by noted Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban, it was built between 1910 and 1911.
Sight 29: John Brimmer Tobacco Warehouse
John Brimmer Tobacco Warehouse is a historic tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1901, and is a three-story, rectangular brick building with a stone foundation and flat roof. It is four bays wide and approximately 148 feet deep.
Sight 30: Andrew Ellicott House
Sehner-Ellicott-Von Hess House is a historic home located at 123 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1780 by George Sehner, and is a finely restored house built in the Georgian style of architecture. It was occupied by Andrew Ellicott (1754–1820), first United States Surveyor General, from 1801 to 1813. Ellicott helped prepare Captain Meriwether Lewis for his exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
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