There are generally eight basic arch designs, and all eight can be found in Lancaster County architecture: semicircular, segmental, lancet, jack, trefoil, elliptical, horseshoe and Tudor.

The Gothic Age was famed for its towering churches filled with glorious stained-glass windows.

The Lancet was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet, as well as after the term "lancet arch", a window with a sharp ...

While the installation certainly didn’t blend in with its surroundings, it did reflect them: the pointed lancet arches that provide entrances into the tunnels echo the architecture of the church.