{"nrhp_refnum":"84003435","name":"Lancaster Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","other_names":["Old Town Lancaster","See Also:Lancaster Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E. King St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.03893531400004,"lon":-76.3027080462584,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Historic Lancaster district, comprising the buildings on the 200 block of East King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, plus a few structures on Church Street and East Grant Street and the former Eastern Market at the intersection of East King, South Shippen and Church Streets. Most houses are two or three stories, built originally as private residences.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the block is significant for its role in the city's economic and social history, illustrating nineteenth-century urban development and the gentrification of one block as center city became commercial. Its houses are described as a notable group of Victorian eclectic architecture, including several buildings regarded as individually distinguished, such as the William Peiper Mansion and the former Eastern Market.","narrative":"Along the 200 block of East King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, most houses are two or three stories tall, built of red brick and set directly on the sidewalk without setbacks, forming a continuous streetscape. The houses reflect Victorian eclecticism from the second half of the nineteenth century, with bracketed and pressed metal cornices, marble and brownstone steps, and nineteenth-century ironwork. The block was lightly settled in the eighteenth century and developed mainly between about 1790 and 1840, when tradesmen and artisans lived in log and frame houses. Between about 1840 and 1900, affluent professionals and merchants built larger homes here, and the Peter Reed House at 230 East King Street survives as a rare brick house of the earlier period. The former Eastern Market, completed in 1883 to designs by John Evans, is the only Second Empire market in Lancaster and its tower marks the vista along the street. The block is also significant for its distinct character compared with the adjoining 300 block.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-1930","architect_builder":"John Evans (builder-architect of the former Eastern Market)","architectural_style":"Victorian eclectic; Second Empire (Eastern Market); Eastlake (William Peiper Mansion); Italianate details (David Bair Mansion); Art Deco (Moose Home)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most facades retain original surface materials, woodwork, fenestration and rooflines; formstone covers the facades at 225, 227 and 236 East King Street.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.876108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003435.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01000956","name":"Lancaster City Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/lancaster-city-historic-district-01000956/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996091","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/lancaster-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-84003435/"}