W. W. Griest Building, Office building in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The W. W. Griest Building rises fourteen floors with a granite, limestone, and terra cotta facade in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style.
Architect C. Emlen Urban designed this commercial structure in 1924, and construction was completed in 1925 during a period of urban development.
The building represents Pennsylvania's commercial growth in the 1920s and maintains its status on the National Register of Historic Places since 1999.
Each floor provides 3,600 square feet of office space, with the former twelfth-floor auditorium now converted into additional business areas.
The structure received a fifty-three-foot tower addition in 1976, making it the second tallest building in Lancaster's skyline.
Location: Pennsylvania
Inception: 1925
Architects: C. Emlen Urban
Floors above the ground: 14
GPS coordinates: 40.03806,-76.30667
Latest update: March 17, 2025 08:46
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