{"nrhp_refnum":"82003786","name":"Reed, Charles Manning, Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"524 Peach St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.128983205000054,"lon":-80.08729045799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Charles Manning Reed Mansion, now the Erie Club, is a Greek Revival brick mansion with a two-building complex in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The main residence and a long recreational hall form the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mansion is probably the best known landmark in Erie for its size, architecture, and association with the city's most prominent nineteenth-century family. It is described as striking for its broad Ionic portico and as reaching the highest point of the Greek type in Pennsylvania, according to cited critics.","narrative":"Built in brick on a stone foundation in Erie, the Charles Manning Reed Mansion was begun in 1846 and completed around 1849 after delays caused by the owner's demands for perfection. Buffalo architect Edward B. Smith designed it, and the local masons James and William Hoskinson built it, while E. F. Barger, head carpenter from Reed's shipyard, supplied the woodwork. The residence has a seven-bay front with four fluted Ionic columns rising two stories beneath a pedimented portico, and a central oval room on each floor. A helical metal service stair with 58 steps is noted as unusual. The third floor has a railed walk from which the bedrooms open, and a cupola sits above. Charles Reed, a businessman whose interests included railroads, banking and a hotel, built the house on a site that marked a shift away from the waterfront. The Erie Club acquired the property in 1904, and the mansion is regarded as one of the finest Greek Revival homes in the region.","period_of_significance":"1846-1849","architect_builder":"Edward B. Smith (architect); J. & W. Hoskinson (builders)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now occupied by the Erie Club; the nomination describes the interior as remodeled for club use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.210242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003786.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003786/675764b2e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003786/675764b2e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie_Club.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie_Club.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995515","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manning_Reed_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5080639"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/reed-charles-manning-mansion-82003786/"}