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===Historical landmarks=== {{Main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster, Pennsylvania}} [[File:Rock Ford Plantation Lancaster Front 1456px.jpg|thumb|[[Historic Rock Ford]]]] Many of Lancaster's landmarks are significant in local, state, and national history. * [[Central Market (Lancaster)|Central Market]] β built in 1889, it is the oldest continuously run farmers' market in the United States. * Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church β built in 1879, the church's congregation aided [[freedmen]] migrating to the North for opportunities after the [[American Civil War]]. Their congregation had earlier aided fugitive [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] fleeing the [[Southeastern United States|South]] before the war, using their former church as a station on the [[Underground Railroad]]. * Cork Factory Hotel β built in 1865 as Conestoga Cork Works. Later the buildings making up what is known today as Urban Place were home to Armstrong Cork Factory and Kerr Glass Company. Rezoned in 2005, Urban Place has been adapted as 49 loft-style apartments, 115,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, the Cork Factory Hotel, and Cap & Cork Restaurant.{{Citation needed|reason=Details are unreferenced and notability is questionable without a ref.|date=August 2012}} * [[Fulton Opera House]] β the oldest continually running theater in the United States, it is one of three theaters designated as [[National Historic Landmarks]] (the others are the [[Walnut Street Theatre]] in [[Philadelphia]] and the [[Goldenrod (showboat)|Goldenrod Showboat]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]). * [[Hamilton Watch Complex]] β former factory and headquarters of the [[Hamilton Watch Company]], which in 1957 sold the world's first battery-powered watch, the Hamilton Electric 500.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0103 |magazine=Wired |title=Jan. 3, 1957: Debut of the Electric Watch, a Space Age Marvel |date=January 3, 2008}}</ref> * [[Historic Rock Ford]] β built in 1794, this was the home of General [[Edward Hand]], [[adjutant general]] to [[George Washington]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Since 2021, the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery, located on the second floor of Historic Rock Ford's red barn, showcases Lancaster decorative arts from the 18th and early 19th centuries. * [[J. P. McCaskey High School]] β built in 1938 during the [[Great Depression]], it is designed in the [[Art Deco]] architectural style. *[[St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)|Historic St. Mary's Church]] β built in 1854, this church has served the German-speaking Catholics of Lancaster since 1741. * [[Lancaster Arts Hotel]] β Built in 1881, this building was the Falk and Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse. In October 2006, the warehouse reopened after adaptation, as Lancaster's first boutique hotel for the arts. It has 63 guest rooms (including 12 suites); an organic restaurant, John J Jeffries; and an on-site art gallery. It is registered with the Historic Hotels of America. * [[Lancaster County Prison]] β built in 1849, it was styled after the [[Lancaster Castle]] in England. *[[Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] - built in 1908β1909 in what is now the Historic District of Lancaster, it is unique among the buildings by [[C. Emlen Urban]] and contains stained glass by [[Franz Xaver Zettler]] (designed by Swiss-American architect Woldemar H. Ritter) and by [[Charles Connick]]. * [[W. W. Griest Building]] β listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]] since June 25, 1999. It was built in 1925 in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style using granite, limestone, terra cotta, synthetics, and asphalt. The building is named after [[William Walton Griest]], a former Pennsylvania [[United States House of Representatives|representative]]. It is the second-tallest building in the city. * [[Wheatland (Lancaster)|Wheatland]] β the historic estate of [[James Buchanan]], the 15th [[President of the United States]].
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