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.
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| General information | |
| Location | 8 North Queen Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Construction started | 1924 |
| Completed | 1925 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 14 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | C. Emlen Urban |
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| Location | 8 N. Queen St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°2′17″N 76°18′24″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1924–1925 |
| Architect | Urban, C. Emlen |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000755[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1999 |
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It has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1999.[1]
History and architectural features
The W.W. Griest Building was named after William Walton Griest, a former Pennsylvania representative and head of Lancaster Public Utilities.
Designed by noted Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban and built between 1924 and 1925, this historic structure was created in the Italian Renaissance Revival. A steel frame building that was faced in granite, limestone, and terra cotta, it is fourteen stories tall; each floor measures sixty-six feet by fifty-five feet, or 3,600 square feet. The twelfth floor, now office space, once housed a three hundred-seat auditorium with a green and gold frescoed ceiling. A -fifty-three-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]
It has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1999.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "Emporis building ID 366725". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Christopher Dawson (December 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: W. W. Griest Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- "W.W. Griest Building". cityoflancasterpa.com. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
