Watson-Curtze Mansion

Watson-Curtze Mansion

Watson-Curtze Mansion, September 2012
Location 356 W. 6th St., Erie, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 42°7′35″N 80°5′36″W / 42.12639°N 80.09333°W / 42.12639; -80.09333Coordinates: 42°7′35″N 80°5′36″W / 42.12639°N 80.09333°W / 42.12639; -80.09333
Area less than one acre
Built 1891-1892
Architect Green & Wicks
Architectural style Other, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 83002244[1]
Added to NRHP July 16, 1983

Watson-Curtze Mansion, is a historic home located at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the Buffalo architectural firm of Green & Wicks and built in 1891–1892. It is a 3 1/2-story, two bay, brownstone mansion in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It features a short tower, smooth piers with decorated capitals, windows with transoms, carved tympanum, and deep-set windows. The also has stained glass windows, oak flooring, an elevator, 12 fireplaces, and a solarium. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house. It is owned by the Erie County Historical Society and operated as a historic house museum.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the West Sixth Street Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Catherin Callan West (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Watson-Curtze Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-12.


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