Old Customshouse (Erie, Pennsylvania)

Old Customshouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania state historical marker
Old Customshouse, July 2010
Location	409 State St., Erie, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	42°7′48″N 80°5′10″W / 42.13000°N 80.08611°WCoordinates: 42°7′48″N 80°5′10″W / 42.13000°N 80.08611°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1838-1839
Architect	Kelly, William
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	72001122[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 13, 1972
Designated PHMC	November 1, 1946[2]

Old Customshouse is a historic custom house located at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1838–1839, and is a two-story, brick and Vermont marble rectangular building. The front facade features a pedimented portico with six two-story, Doric order columns in the Greek Revival style. The building housed the post office until 1867, served as the Customs House for the port of Erie from 1849 to 1888, and later housed a Grand Army of the Republic post and the Erie County Historical Society.^[3] It is now part of a five building complex of the Erie Art Museum.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Keeper (July 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Customshouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-12.

External links

• Old Customs House, 415 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA: 5 photos, 14 measured drawings, and 4 data pages, at Historic American Buildings Survey