Gregory J. Scott, the architect who writes the monthly column âDesign Interventionâ for LNP | LancasterOnline, will present a talk on âLancasterâs Forgotten Architect: James Warnerâ next week.
The talk, part of LancasterHistoryâs spring lecture series, can be viewed via Zoom at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 11.
Lancaster is filled with examples of the work of the London-born Warner, who lived from 1865 to 1913.
Warner came to the United States at age 19, first settling in Harrisburg and then moving to Lancaster at age 24. He immediately won the commission to design Lancasterâs Central Market building.
As a young man, Warner also was chosen to design such local buildings as the Catherine Long Mansion (now the Hamilton Club), the old library building at what is now Millersville University, St. Johnâs Lutheran Church, South Duke Street and South Mulberry Street schools and major mansions for wealthy Lancaster families.
LancasterHistory and James Buchananâs Wheatland may remain closed to visitors because of the pandemic. But the local history organization still has a full schedule of events to offer the public between now and May.
Presentations about Thaddeus Stevens, controversial monuments and Lancaster architecture, along with a Valentineâs Day fundraising gala and a special Presidents Day tour of Wheatland, are among the history organizationâs upcoming virtual offerings.
Tour of Wheatland
On Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 15, visitors can not only take a virtual guided tour, via Zoom, of James Buchananâs home, but can eavesdrop on a conversation between the nationâs 15th president and a close friend from the Roosevelt family, says Patrick Clarke, director of Wheatland.
LancasterHistory and James Buchananâs Wheatland may remain closed to visitors because of the pandemic. But the local history organization still has a full schedule of events to offer the public between now and May.
Presentations about Thaddeus Stevens, controversial monuments and Lancaster architecture, along with a Valentineâs Day fundraising gala and a special Presidents Day tour of Wheatland, are among the history organizationâs upcoming virtual offerings.
Tour of Wheatland
On Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 15, visitors can not only take a virtual guided tour, via Zoom, of James Buchananâs home, but can eavesdrop on a conversation between the nationâs 15th president and a close friend from the Roosevelt family, says Patrick Clarke, director of Wheatland.