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 |
No comments:
Post a Comment