West Lawn

407 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Lancaster.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 03, 1984. NRIS 84003453.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Embassy House Apartments

From Wikipedia:

West Lawn (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

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+12-story main section and 2+12-story rear wing with a slate covered mansard roof in a combined Italianate / Second Empire style. It features a 3+12-story tower with a mansard roof. It once housed a fraternity and in 1973 was converted to apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996073

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