Tour of Homes

12 West Madison St.

A pivotal house. Built in 1906 by O. E. Wilkins, founder of the now-defunct First National Bank (in the building directly across from the Courthouse). This house is an unusual example of Victorian sandstone construction, called by some “The Cape Cod Villa” Style. The house features magnificent hand-inlaid parquet flooring in the three front rooms and hallway (each area has a different design) and classically influenced high relief mantels in the Greek mythical motif. The blocks of which the house is constructed were formed and baked on the site. The house was later purchased by the McConnell family, who were successful merchants in York and the surrounding area in the 1920s.

Herndon, Madison, and Wright Streets