Lancaster County · Marker 29-17

Leroy Springs House

Corner of Gay & Catawba Sts., Lancaster

Front inscription

The original part of this house was built by Robert W. Gill soon after he purchased the lot in 1828. About thirty years later, it was enlarged by Samuel B. Massey. Local textile manufacturer and banker Col. Leroy Springs remodeled the house 1906-1907. Springs' son Elliott, noted author and World War I flying ace, was born here, 1896. The house became city hall after a 1957 lease-purchase agreement with the city of Lancaster.

County
Lancaster
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Lancaster
Year approved
1988
Erected by
Lancaster County Historical Commission
Coordinates
34.7184, -80.7711

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