Monday, November 8, 2021

North East, PA (11/8/2021)

Monday, November 8, 2021
A stop in North East, PA on the way to Buffalo, NY. The borough was so-named as it is in the northeast corner of Erie County. It is known for cherry orchards and vineyards.
Former Town Hall and Crescent Hose Company (1880) at
25 Vine St is now home to the North East Historical Society
and the North East Arts Council
North East Arts Council mural (KSS)
Maidee Olson House (c 1832,
in Federal style) at 51 E Main St
Former Stow & Sons Insurance House
(c 1832, in Federal style) at 55 E Main St
Webb Block (1882, 17-21 E Main St) survived the Fire of
1884 and once housed the Odd Fellows Hall on the second floor
Duncan's Block (c 1845, in Italianate style) at 2-8 E Main St,
where once the GAR Veterans and later the
American Legion occupied the upper floors
Duncan's Block is sort of a flatiron building
Corner Store Block (1844 after the fire, in Italianate style)
at 1-9 W Main St
The Corner Store Block also has
basement entrances
Former First National Bank (1893, in Greek Revival style)
at 17 S Lake St
Former Masonic Temple (c 1892) at 27 S Lake St, initially
had the Carnahan Bros Clothing Store on the ground floor
On the left is 39 S Lake St and on the right is 35 S Lake St,
buildings used first by The Star newspaper in 1869, and
later by the North East Breeze newspaper in 1893, and now
39 S Lake St is home of the News Journal newspaper
Former French's Photographic Studio
(c 1890?) at 41 S Lake St
First Baptist Church (1860, in Greek Revival style)
at 43-55 S Lake St
New United States Post Office at 38 S Lake St
The new post office retains the cast relief sculpture (by WPA
artist) of a town crier reading news to a crowd; it
was originally located in the 1930 Post Office on Main St
Former American Legion/VFW Hall (1892, in
commercial Queen Anne style) at 24-28 S Lake St,
with the only turret in town
Bogenschutz Building (1892-1893) at 18-20 S Lake St
Local sentiment hangs on for decades...
(P.S. I think cigars stink!)
Civil War Memorial (1911) in Diamond Park, now Gibson Park
First Presbyterian Church of North East (1885, in Gothic
Revival style) is the third church of the oldest
religious congregation (1801) in Erie County
Former Post Office (1930) at 31 W Main St
is now the Borough Hall
McCord Memorial Library (1916, in Prairie style)
at 32 W Main St
Former Offices of Drs C Ford Heard & J Louis Heard (c 1904)
at 41 W Main St
Holy Cross Episcopal Church (1879, in Victorian Gothic style)
at 51 W Main St
Selkregg House (c 1870) at 40 W Main St,
apparently has a race horse buried in the backyard
John Foll's House (was moved here from Park St in WWI)
at 12 N Pearl St
Crawford/Hirtzel House (1850s?) at 20 Gibson St
A 33-star flag of 1859-1861?
Whitehill House (1918, in Tudor Revival style) at 7 Park St
Danforth R Cushman House (c 1866, in Italianate style)
at 43 Park St
45 Park St in Italian Villa style
The next three buildings are on the property of the former Lake Shore Seminary, founded in 1869, at 16 W Division St. In 1881 it was purchased by the Redemptorist Fathers of PA, and then sold in 1991 to Mercyhurst College of Erie, now Mercyhurst University.
St Mary's Chapel (1902, in Gothic style)
Main Building (c 1871, brick building faced in stone
by the Redemptorist Fathers)
Second Empire-style building (c 1871)
Ross Manor (1846, in Greek Revival style) at 52 N Lake St
Charles H Mottier House (c 1900, in Queen Anne style)
at 49 N Lake St; was built for a Swiss winemaker
Park United Methodist Church (1900-1903, in
Richardsonian Romanesque style) at 30 N Lake St
Former North East Joint High School (1916-1920, in
Neoclassical style) at 2 Gibson St, is now a senior community

8 Gibson St (1894, by E C Child, in Queen Anne style)
Maid of the Mist (1889) fountain sculpture
in Gibson Park

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