Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Lancaster, United States
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8 km
106 m
Explore Lancaster in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in LancasterIndividual Sights in LancasterSight 1: 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.
Sight 2: B. B. Martin Tobacco Warehouse
B. B. Martin Tobacco Warehouse is a historic tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1875, and is a 2 1/2-story, red brick building on a stone foundation. It is five bays by three bays and has a moderate pitched slate covered gable roof.
Sight 3: 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 4: Nissly-Stauffer Tobacco Warehouses
Nissly-Stauffer Tobacco Warehouses are two historic tobacco warehouses located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Nissly Warehouse was built about 1912, and is a three-story, rectangular brick building on a limestone foundation. It is seven bays by six bays. The Stauffer Warehouse was built about 1913, and is a five-story, rectangular brick building on a limestone foundation. It is four bays by eight bays.
Sight 5: Residences at Stevens School
Stevens High School, also known as Girls High School and Stevens Elementary School, is an historic, former American high school building located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Wikipedia: Stevens High School (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (EN)
Sight 6: West Lawn
West Lawn, also known as the Embassy House Apartments, is a historic home located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1873–1874, and is a T-shaped dwelling with a 2+1⁄2-story main section and 2+1⁄2-story rear wing with a slate covered mansard roof in a combined Italianate / Second Empire style. It features a 3+1⁄2-story tower with a mansard roof. It once housed a fraternity and in 1973 was converted to apartments.
Sight 7: Goethean Hall
"Old Main," Goethean Hall, and Diagnothian Hall, also known as the Original Buildings of Franklin & Marshall College, are three historic academic buildings that are located on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Wikipedia: Old Main, Goethean Hall, and Diagnothian Hall (EN)
Sight 8: Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Slater Cigar Company is an historic site in the United States that encompasses two cigar factory and tobacco warehouse buildings. Located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Sight 9: Hamilton Watch Complex
The Hamilton Watch Complex is a former industrial complex in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was owned by the Hamilton Watch Company and was used as their headquarters from the company's founding in 1892, until 1980. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The main building was converted into a luxury apartment and condominium complex, while the Administrative Offices are now home to a Montessori school called "New School Montessori."
Sight 10: President James Buchanan's Wheatland
Wheatland, or the James Buchanan House, is a brick Federal style house which is located in Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was formerly owned by the 15th president of the United States, James Buchanan.
Sight 11: Abbeville
Abbeville, also known as Mt. Pleasant, is a historic home located at 1140 Columbia Avenue in Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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