{"nrhp_refnum":"00000967","name":"Erie Trust Company Building","other_names":["Baldwin, G. Daniel, Building","Rennaissance Centre"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":40.32685391200005,"lon":-80.10682601699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 14-story commercial office building at 1001 State Street on the corner of Tenth and State Streets in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, built in 1925 and designed by the New York firm Dennison and Hirons.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its role in Erie's commercial banking and real estate history, centered on the Erie Trust Company, which occupied the ground floor and mezzanine. It also argues the building is a strong local example of late 1920s eclectic skyscraper design that blends Renaissance Revival and Art Deco styling, and it is Erie's tallest building.","narrative":"Fourteen stories of limestone and buff brick rise at the corner of Tenth and State Streets in downtown Erie, completed in 1925 to designs by the New York firm Dennison and Hirons. Built on a base, pillar and cap arrangement, it combines Renaissance Revival detailing with Art Deco features such as the stepped arched main entrance and the recessed vertical ornament at the corner bays. The Erie Trust Company occupied the ground floor, which had Italian marble walls, bronze doors and interior murals by Edward Turnball. The bank failed during the Depression, and the building was later sold at auction in 1943 to the Baldwin family, who renamed it for G. Daniel Baldwin. It is regarded as Erie's tallest and most architecturally distinguished skyscraper and is significant for its ties to local banking history and its eclectic design.","period_of_significance":"1925-1950","architect_builder":"Dennison and Hirons, Architect; Shenk Construction, Builder","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival with Art Deco influences","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building is in use with tenant offices and retail spaces, and its name was changed to Renaissance Centre after a 1996 sale.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.672462-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/00000967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000967/3841054ce7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000967/3841054ce7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie,_PA_-_Trust_Building_(Renaissance_Centre).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie,_PA_-_Trust_Building_(Renaissance_Centre).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995519","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Centre_(Erie,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7312407"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/erie-trust-company-building-00000967/"}