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ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 17: Q IS FOR QUOIN
- July 30, 2024
- 74°
Architecture
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Time is a rare commodity. You cannot buy it, sell it, trade or keep it. Time has always been in short supply and high demand. The late 1800s sensed the urgency of time and money as well. The era of the Second Industrial Revolution was ushered in at the same time the nation was experiencing u…
John W. B. Bausman, an attorney and president of Farmers First Trust Co., turned to C. Emlen Urban to design a commercial and residential building he was having constructed to replace an old laundry in the first block of West Orange Street.
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THE ARCHITECT'S ALPHABET, PART 15:'O' IS FOR OPEN-STAIR DESIGN
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ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 14: N IS FOR NARROW-GAUGE BRICK
!['M' is for margent, decorative stone arrangements of fruit, flowers, leaves on Lancaster buildings [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/9b/39b39fce-c6cf-11ee-b0dc-534431810c24/65c551ee59bcb.image.jpg?crop=1024%2C576%2C0%2C52&resize=1024%2C576&order=crop%2Cresize)
ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 13: 'M' IS FOR MARGENT
!['L' is for leaf and dart: ‘C. Emlen Urban used the motif in Lancaster buildings [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/c5/7c52a2f4-b0c1-11ee-b205-235417bf708c/65a051f393b6f.image.jpg?crop=1504%2C846%2C0%2C78&resize=1504%2C846&order=crop%2Cresize)
ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 12: L IS FOR LEAF AND DART
ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 11: K IS FOR KEYSTONE
!['J' is for Jeffersonian Classicism: Lancaster architect shared traits with Thomas Jefferson [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/09/10980b28-7f5f-11ee-819e-17f80424ff0b/654d777d34d95.image.jpg?crop=1714%2C964%2C0%2C122&resize=1714%2C964&order=crop%2Cresize)
ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 10:J IS FOR JEFFERSONIAN CLASSICISM
!['I' for ionic: Column design is one of 3 neoclassical types you’ll spot around Lancaster [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/06/e061ea36-6939-11ee-af86-bb38df1f6197/6528502b59494.image.jpg?crop=1246%2C701%2C0%2C480&resize=1246%2C701&order=crop%2Cresize)
ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 9: I IS FOR IONIC (COLUMNS)
!['H' is for half-timber: Lancaster County Tudor-style homes have distinctive wooden skeleton [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/4e/14e95148-4dda-11ee-803b-87a09f28282f/64fa630a656d1.image.jpg?crop=1583%2C890%2C0%2C208&resize=1583%2C890&order=crop%2Cresize)
The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned architect. Photos for the book, which is to available for pre-sale at egganddartbooks.com, …
!['G' is for green serpentine stone, eroding on some older Lancaster facades [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/a9/1a987f4a-3847-11ee-9da5-c765a1bfc854/64d63217310b8.image.jpg?crop=1662%2C935%2C0%2C156&resize=1662%2C935&order=crop%2Cresize)
ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 7:
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