Watt & Shand Building

Anchoring the southeast corner of Penn Square, this former department store is one of Lancaster's most significant examples of commercial architecture, with four imposing stories of buff brick with elaborate terra cotta and marble ornamentation. The oldest section of this Beaux Arts building, fronting on East King Street, dates from 1898 and was designed by C. Emlen Urban. Major additions extending west toward South Queen Street were built between 1916 and 1925. Acquired by the Bon-Ton Stores in 1992 and closed as a department store in 1995, the building is scheduled to become part of a planned convention center/hotel complex.

[Currently vacant and closed to the public.]