Jasper Yeates House
24-26 South Queen Street

This Georgian building dates from 1765-1768, and shows the close relationship between Lancaster's Revolutionary War era architecture and high-style Philadelphia prototypes. It was built by John Miller, a blacksmith, hardware merchant, land speculator, and founder of the nearby town of Millersville. From 1775-1817, the house was occupied by attorney and judge Jasper Yeates, a delegate to the Pennsylvania Convention for ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. A fourth story was added in 1882, and a modern storefront was installed in the 1950s, but the building was restored to its original appearance in the late 1970s.

[Owned by the Lancaster Cultural Heritage Museum and used for educational programs, the building is not open to the general public on a regular basis.]