Hager Building

Hager Building
Hager Building, October 2011
Hager Building is located in Pennsylvania
Hager Building
Hager Building is located in the United States
Hager Building
Location25 W. King St.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°2′17″N 76°18′26″W / 40.03806°N 76.30722°W / 40.03806; -76.30722
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1910–1911
ArchitectC. Emlen Urban
Architectural styleFrench Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.79002255[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1979

The Hager Building is an historic commercial building which is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Designed by noted Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban, it was built between 1910 and 1911.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

History and architectural features

The Hager Building is a five-story, three-bay-by-five-bay, steel frame structure clad in terra cotta. It was designed in a French Renaissance Revival style. This section of the Hager Building measures sixty-three feet by one hundred and one feet. The overall dimensions of the building are two hundred forty feet, six inches, by sixty-three feet. This includes the central warehouse section, built between 1860 and 1890, and a brick northern extension that was built in 1923.[2]

The building once housed the Hager Brothers Department Store.[2]

Hager's Department Store logo

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-26. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hager Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.