| Built in 1866 by David E. Small, a railway
car manufacturer, the Brownstone Building was most recently
occupied by the Susquehanna-Pfaltzgraff Company. However, they
have since donated the alluring structure to Martin
Library.
Architecturally, this building is classified as Italianate, with
defining features including quoins,
arched windows with keystones,
stringcourse with dentils, and
cornice with both
modillion course and
dentil course. Inside, the building
features ceiling frescos painted by Costagini and Scataglia, two
Italian artists who assisted in the painting of the U.S. Capitol
Building. In the early 1940s, a restaurant was located in the
Brownstone, and it was also one of the first structures in York
to be fully air-conditioned.
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