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In 1907, George W. Massey commissioned the architectural partners, Clarence E. Schermerhorn and Watson K. Phillips of Philadelphia to design a suburban home which incorporated elements of modern design with classic architecture. York Street House known locally as the Massey mansion was built in 1909 by George Massey as a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary gift for his beloved wife. Massey was one of the early industrialists who settled his family in the historic river village of Lambertville, New Jersey just after the turn of the century. The original blueprints are housed at York Street House and were displayed during a recent historical tour. Some blueprints in our possession show the penciled changes that were made during construction. According to the architectural and historical records, the home is constructed of Flemish Bond brick and sits on a base of locally quarried Prallsville Mill stone. Its six over one windows views of the outside. The building has served as a private home, a church building and a boarding house in its lifetime before being resurrected as a designer showcase in 1983. Shortly after, it opened as York Street House Bed and Breakfast.
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York Street House Bed and Breakfast42
York Street, Lambertville,
NJ 08530
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