von Hess Education & Visitors Center Giving a Historic Freight Building a New Chapter The von Hess Education & Visitors Center is an adaptive reuse of a 3,000-square-foot railroad freight building dating to the 1870s. Inside, premium gallery space will showcase exhibitions, and the flexible interior can also host a variety of events and lectures.…
The Woods Apartments at Cornwall Manor Lebanon, PA The Woods Apartments at Cornwall Manor were designed to bring the beauty of the Woods campus into everyday living. Each of the 36 residences (1,025–1,580 SF) has at least two bedrooms and two baths, an open kitchen, and a living room planned for aging in place. Every…
Siegel Residence & Barn Lebanon, PA Bob Hoffman had the pleasure of working on the home and accounting office of Tom Siegel. Tom’s son, a youngster at the time of those projects, Daniel Siegel is now, along with his siblings, a partner in the accounting firm Stanilla, Siegel, & Maser LLC, and ready to begin…
The Rededication of Lebanon Alumni Stadium Lebanon, PA The Lebanon School District, Lebanon PA recently held a grand celebration for the rededication of their historic Alumni Stadium and the naming of its new turf football field for former pro football quarterback and LHS alumnus Dick Shiner. The newly renovated home stands were packed and the…
Lebanon County Expo Center Lebanon, PA The groundbreaking for the long-awaited Lebanon County Expo Center expansion was recently held with local dignitaries, the Expo board and project committee, along with the design and construction team turning the first shovels! The project expands the Expo facility with a new 15,000 sf hall and virtually doubles the…
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Annville, PA 44 years after Funk Construction completed St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, they oversaw the renovation of the sanctuary, nave, and narthex to complete Beers + Hoffman Architecture designs for St. Paul the Apostle Parish project to “Place Christ in the Center of Our Lives”. This involved…
Principal Scott Shonk a CPBJ300 Honoree July 31, 2026 Congratulations to Beers + Hoffman Architecture Principal Scott Shonk a CPBJ300 honoree! The Central Penn Business Journal’s CPBJ300 recognizes the most influential business leaders shaping Central Pennsylvania’s economy. Each year, editors spotlight innovators and executives driving growth across the region’s most vital industries. Scott L. Shonk,…
Ducklings Early Learning Center Lancaster, PA The Ducklings Early Learning Center is a daycare facility that contains twelve daycare rooms for children ranging from infants to pre-kindergarten ages. The single-story structure has a footprint of 11,000 square feet with classrooms arranged around a central gymnasium which provides an efficient path of travel between classrooms. High…
Lebanon City Hall Lebanon, PA The renovation and expansion of 735 Cumberland Street delivered a modern, secure, and highly efficient municipal and police facility that strengthens the Cityof Lebanon’s long term operational capacity. The project included a new 5,000square foot police garage addition and 50,000 square feet of comprehensiveinterior renovations, developed through an intensive programming…
WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center Celebrates 10 Years WellSpan Health recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of the dedication of the Sechler Family Cancer Center in Lebanon with a festive gathering of more than a hundred attendees. The Center, designed by Bob Hoffman, former WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital CEO, has been described as “the gem of…
Lebanon Rescue Mission Agape House Groundbreaking Lebanon, PA The Lebanon Rescue Mission held a groundbreaking celebration on March 12, 2026 for it’s new Agape Safe Haven Center! The project will offer safe housing for homeless women, children, and seniors. A need in desperate demand in the community. Beers + Hoffman is proud to be the…
Heck Construction – Lancaster Offices This exciting transformation re-imagined an old 8,625 sf industrial structure into a modern, brand-driven design that reflects Heck Construction’s craftsmanship and identity. The exterior features a bold material palette: dark black brick, vertical metal siding, and ACM panels, complemented by faux wood panels fabricated from rice hulls for added texture…
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA The result of an in-depth facility study, the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg was refreshed while respecting its Mid-Century Modern Architecture heritage. The most visible change is the larger wood platform in the sanctuary with a new larger “Rood Screen” at the massive northern window. This frontispiece is constructed with…
Robert Hoffman Distinguished Alumni Recipient Lebanon High School, Lebanon, PA 12th Annual Futures Seminar & Alumni Recognition (As Printed for the Ceremony) Robert P Hoffman, Valedictorian of the Lebanon High School Class of 1964, has distinguished himself through a lifetime of professional excellence, civic leadership, and community service. Mr. Hoffman earned his Bachelor of Arts,…
St. Paul the Apostle Church Dedication Annville, PA Read more about, and see more images of, St. Paul the Apostle Church of Annville in the October 30, 2025 article, “Renovations Reflect Beauty of Parish Community, Bishop Senior Tells Congregation at St. Paul the Apostle in Annville“. Please visit our St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church…
Beccafico Lititz, PA From the site of a former brewery emerged Beccafico, a fine-dining Southern Italian restaurant co-founded by Executive Chef Sara Elia. The design and renovation celebrates the rich culinary traditions of Southern Italy through a refined, modern space that blends authenticity with elegance. The name “Beccafico,” inspired by a small bird symbolic of…
Cedar Crest Falcon Connector Cornwall-Lebanon School District The Falcon Connector building brings together the Cedar Crest Middle and High Schools. The connector will have two floors and 22 classrooms. These classrooms will act as swing space as renovations to the High School are being completed. The same will occur for the Middle School. Ultimately the…
Falcon Connector Ribbon Cutting On the evening of September 30, 2025, the Cedar Crest Falcon Connector building for the Cornwall-Lebanon School District was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Scott Shonk, AIA, LEED AP of Beers + Hoffman Architecture was honored to speak to the crowd, “It’s an honor and we’re blessed to be…
Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall After completing the multi-phase master plan for the church campus (beginning in 2019), Beers + Hoffman Architecture designed the Fellowship Hall addition, 5,805 SF, to compliment the wonderful historically accurate sanctuary space. Banquet sized accommodations hosting up to 350 guests and a new 1,485 SF kitchen allows larger events for…
United Way Campaign Kickoff 2025 “One of life’s highest callings is neighbors helping neighbors…” -Robert Hoffman, Campaign Chair I’ve had the pleasure of chairing the United Way of Lebanon County’s annual campaign drive on six occasions. This year I wanted the campaign to be extra special. And what a special start we indeed had! Beers…
Lebanon Cedars Sports Complex Lebanon, PA Located on Wilhelm Avenue, the Lebanon Cedars Sports Complex was constructed concurrently with the new Lebanon Junior High School project. New fields include a turf-field as a combined soccer/football/field hockey field surrounded by track events and a new baseball field. Bleachers were provided at both fields and a concession…
Lebanon Cedars Sports Complex Dedication In 2008 Bob Hoffman co-chaired a Lebanon School District capital campaign to raise seed money for the construction of athletic fields on the Wilhelm Ave acreage obtained by the District. He was honored to cut the celebratory ribbon. With the dedication of the new complex, the mission of that campaign…
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Lebanon, PA St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is one of the most dramatically beautiful churches in Pennsylvania. Funded by the well known Coleman family in 1889, it has been an honor for Beers + Hoffman to work with the congregation on numerous projects, keeping the special architectural and historical context uppermost in…
Servant’s Oasis We were pleased to have the opportunity to assist Servant’s Oasis with the development of schematic design level documentation as well as renderings and animations for their proposed new retreat center to be located in South Annville Township, Lebanon County, PA.
Trinity Bible Fellowship Church The culmination of a nearly 6-year process, Beers + Hoffman Architecture was pleased to celebrate the dedication of a new family life center with the congregation of Trinity Bible Fellowship Church in Blandon, PA. Following our selection through a competitive design proposal process, we worked with the church’s building committee to…
Calvary Chapel In their commitment to offering a ministerial presence in downtown Lebanon, PA, Calvary Chapel has renovated and reopened its doors to serve the people. The Calvary Chapel project consisted of major reconfiguration and repurposing of 9,600 sf of existing basement space, a vestibule addition, and 10,000 sf of renovations to the first floor…
South Londonderry Township Faced with deteriorating mechanical systems and prohibitive accessibility challenges in their existing building, South Londonderry Township’s administration determined that construction of a new Township office and police department on a parcel of land adjacent to a nearby existing public works garage was the most feasible solution. Challenges included placing approximately 12,000 SF…
Municipal County Offices – Space Planning This 25,000-square-foot renovation serves as the new consolidated home for six departments of the Municipal County Offices. The project transformed an existing facility into a flexible and modern workplace, incorporating work areas, collaboration zones, and infrastructure to support future growth. Upgrades also included new exterior glazing to maximize natural…
Cavolo! Pizzeria Bar Beers + Hoffman was engaged by Cavalo Pizzeria Bar to renovate 2,080 square feet of existing commercial space in the heart of downtown Lititz, Pennsylvania, transforming it into a wood-fired pizza restaurant and bar. The project included comprehensive interior space planning and design services for indoor and outdoor dining areas, a full-service…
New Hope-Solebury School District Athletic Field House As a part of a continuing effort to meet the needs of their community, the New Hope-Solebury School District teamed with Beers + Hoffman to provide and improve features to the recently installed artificial turf field at the New Hope High School campus in New Hope Borough. Extensive…
Cornwall Manor Carriage House On the 85-acre “Ironmaster’s Estate” of the Cornwall Iron Furnace, the three-story Cornwall Manor Carriage House apartment building was constructed to attach to the existing Bradley Hall apartments. With 40,940 sf in total, the Carriage House contains 18 spacious apartments featuring balconies/patios and five floor plans ranging from 900 sf to…
Cornwall Manor Health Center 79,300 sf – Two and three-story, 96 bed skilled nursing center, in four households each with 24 private rooms and private baths; each household has its own kitchen, dining, living and activity space with covered porch or balcony and courtyard.
CLSD Cedar Crest High School Major Renovations Ground Breaking The Beers + Hoffman design team recently joined Cornwall Lebanon School District staff and board members to break ground on high school and stadium renovation projects that have been in design the past two years. B+H has enjoyed a great relationship with the District for several…
Lebanon Intermediate School Groundbreaking Lebanon, PA – Beers + Hoffman was recently part of a groundbreaking celebration for the Lebanon School District’s new Intermediate School, housing the district’s fifth and sixth graders. The event featured addresses from the LSD board president and superintendent and Lebanon’s mayor. As architects for the conversion of the former Middle…
Westminster Presbyterian Dedication Ceremony The congregation of Westminster Presbyterian Church held a dedication service, Sunday, January 26th, to honor the realization of their highly anticipated Fellowship Hall. The church service was followed by a reception celebrating this visionary achievement for their congregation. After completing the master plan for the church campus, Beers + Hoffman Architecture…
St. Luke’s Episcopal Vestibule In order to create an accessible access to the sanctuary for St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, B+H carefully designed an enclosure for the base of the church’s bell tower, creating a vestibule at the termination of a ramp. The design references the beautiful details of the church and leaves intact the precious…
Nistal Wine Cellar Lancaster, PA Having nowhere to neatly organize wine procured while travelling, this Lancaster couple opted to turn an underutilized space in their home into the custom Nistal wine cellar. Specially made cabinetry was carefully designed and detailed to fit and present the various sizes, and to hold roughly four hundred bottles. Specialty…
Caring Cupboard Ground Breaking Palmyra, PA Beers + Hoffman was pleased to join Shila Ulrich and the Caring Cupboard community as they broke ground on their new home at East Broad Street, in Palmyra, PA. Planning for the new facility began in 2020 and the impact of the COVID pandemic and food insecurity within our community…
Susquehannock High School Ribbon Cutting The public opening of the major renovations and additions to the Susquehannock High School occurred on Sunday, November 10, 2024. After nearly three years of construction, 76,086 s.f of new additions were built, 61,521 s.f of former areas were demolished, and 170,010 s.f. of spaces were renovated. The afternoon…
Lebanon Junior High School Lebanon, PA The new Lebanon Junior High School for grades 7-8 of the Lebanon School District successfully opened with positive fanfare in the fall of 2024. With approximately 160,000 s.f., the two-story school has three key separate wings for 7th grade, 8th grades and specialties. The classrooms can accommodate 450 students…
On the Drawing Board: The Gutshall Retreat A modern retreat for family and friends, the 1,900 SF structure will embrace its scenic central Pennsylvania landscape, providing occupants with vistas of the surrounding meadows and woodlands.
Lititz Trinity Church Lititz, PA As is the case with many of our design clients, Beers + Hoffman Architecture has a long-time relationship with Lititz Trinity Church. The most recent success was the major updates to their beautiful sanctuary. The goal was to better welcome future attendees by responding to the next generation’s expectations on…
Rising Sun Bar & Kitchen Palmyra, PA Rising Sun Bar & Kitchen expansion began as a vision to expand their preexisting restaurant and underutilized side yard to include an auxiliary bar connected by an open air patio for outdoor dining. The new bar adaptively reused the neighboring historic 1800s era 2-story home that had been…
Lebanon Junior High School Opens The Lebanon Junior High School is now open for a their first school year! WGAL interviewed District Superintendent, Dr. Nicole Malinoski, and the Director of Buildings and Grounds, Brian Hartman. Click to visit WGAL to see the new school!
Trinity Bible Fellowship Church Master Planning Master planning for additions and renovations to an existing church and educational wing. Proposed improvements include the addition of a new one story Family Life Center with full court basketball and bleacher seating, kitchen, pantry, storage, and women’s and men’s restrooms. A smaller Fellowship Hall is also served by…
Lebanon Valley College Facilities Barn – Space Planning Programming and space planning performed to determine optimum efficiency of repurposed barn to meet the needs of the college’s facilities department. Program components include vehicle maintenance / repair, receiving, archival storage, wood shop, locker rooms, grounds, staging, and office areas.
Fellowship Community Church Master Planning Mount Laurel, NJ Master planning for additions and renovations to the existing church. Proposed improvements include new two-story youth and adult education area, including large group event spaces and increased seating capacity in existing sanctuary. First phase of work were sanctuary and lobby renovations. Please visit Fellowship Community Church’s portfolio…
Lebanon County Department of Emergency Services Lebanon, PA Designed to house the Lebanon County Department of Emergency Services (DES) and HazMat Operations on a single site the new facility consists of an approximately 41,000 sf Main Building and 20,000 sf Operations Building. Following evaluation of multiple sites, a location was selected that permitted ease of…
Laurel Place Apartments Cornwall, PA Beers + Hoffman provided design services for major exterior renovations for Cornwall Manor’s existing Laurel Place Apartment building. A new, pitched roof was designed for the building, and balconies were constructed for each apartment above grade. A building survey was done to capture modifications that have been made to the…
Elizabethtown Residence Elizabethtown, PA Having settled into the perfect property to raise their growing family, the owners of this residence sought additional living area and garage space from the existing house. Originally built in the 1980s, the house included a two-car garage and accessory living area, connected by a breezeway. By demolishing the majority of…