The History Sets the Tone

Cork Factory Hotel is located within Urban Place--a mixed use community founded in 2006. Built on the shoulders of industrial giants who helped build Lancaster, Urban Place starts a new chapter in the life of Historic Downtown Lancaster.

HISTORY OF URBAN PLACE:

Cork is impermeable; watertight; solid; and a perfect synonym for the long tradition Urban Place exemplifies in Lancaster. Yet one thing still flows easily through it, and in great quantity: History. Once home to Lancaster Cork Works, a 19th century cork factory, the buildings of Urban Place have been deliberately transfigured into a modish 300,000 square foot community prime for staying, gathering, dining, working, shopping and living.

Cork is also elastic, boasting diverse and valuable uses. So, too, is Urban Place, creatively reused to offer luxury apartments; modern retail and commercial outlets; restaurants; event spaces; and Cork Factory Hotel.

But most of all cork is buoyant. The dynamic mixed-use community of Urban Place not only rests atop the industrial giants who helped build Lancaster, but also rises above the typical and is a benchmark in the revitalization of historic Downtown Lancaster.

EST. 1865, THE TIMELINE

1865: Construction of Urban Place begins for Lancaster Saw, Bark, Spoke & Bending Mill.

1875: Lancaster Cork Company beginsproduction at Urban Place.

1895: Armstrong Cork Company begins production at Urban Place with the purchase of Lancaster Cork Company and other local cork companies.

1960s: Kerr Glass Manufacturing purchases Urban Place to manufacture bottles & caps.

2004: The Baldwins, a Lancaster County family, purchase Urban Place and revive the site to a hip mixed use community.

2007: Urban Place welcomes their first residential and commercial tenants.

2009: Cork Factory Hotel and Cork & Cap Restaurant open in Urban Place.

Read more about Urban Place at www.urbanplacelancaster.com.

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

The Baldwin family immigrated to Lancaster County five generations ago. Looking back but constantly moving forward, they are devoted to the revitalization and growth of historic Downtown Lancaster.

AWARD WINNING PRESERVATION

The Lancaster County Planning Commission granted Urban Place the Smart Growth Leadership Award for Large projects within the heritage category in 2007, and The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County recently granted Urban Place the Preservation Leadership Award for restoring the abandoned historic cork factory into a hip mixed-use community.