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The Lancaster Museum of Art
The Grubb Mansion
The Grubb Mansion, home of the Lancaster Museum of Art, was built as a townhouse for iron master, Clement Bates Grubb, and represents the most intact and sophisticated expression of Greek Revival style domestic architecture in Lancaster County. Grubb purchased the entire lot, now known as Musser Park, for $1500 in 1845. Excavation commenced in February of that year, and the family occupied the home in March 1846.
Although a specific architect has never been identified, the house shows complex derivations from important architectural design books of the 1830's - 40's. The mansion's great parlor features twin white marble mantels and Ionic Order pilasters that frame the windows and doors. The oval staircase, cast iron fireplace in the southeast room and Egyptian marble mantel in the southwest room on the first floor are also unusual. With a majority of comparable interiors in Philadelphia destroyed by fire, the mansion's interiors are the best remaining example between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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