{"nrhp_refnum":"84000353","name":"West Sixth Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Reed, Charles Manning, Mansion","Watson-Curtze Mansio"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W. 6th St. from Poplar to Peach St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.12694411950005,"lon":-80.0911027032185,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 117 buildings along West Sixth Street in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, running parallel to the Lake Erie shoreline between Peach Street and Poplar Street. It is a residential mansion district, with some commercial, institutional and religious buildings.","why_significant":"The district is described as Erie's fashionable residential area from the 1871 filling of the canal basin until the 1930s, often called Millionaires Row. It is said to document the tastes of the nineteenth-century elite and a wide range of American architectural styles, with work by several regionally prominent architects. Its homes were built largely by founders of local manufacturing firms, and it is described as relatively well preserved with few intrusions.","narrative":"West Sixth Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, is a residential district of about 117 buildings running parallel to the Lake Erie shoreline. It developed as the city's most fashionable residential area after the Erie Extension Canal basin was filled in 1871, and it kept that status until the 1930s. Wealthy industrialists, many founders of local manufacturing firms, built large houses here, often as gifts for their children. The district contains the Romanesque Revival Strong Mansion, completed in 1896 for Anna Wainwright Scott Strong, whose home became the city's social centre. Its architecture spans Federal, Greek Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival and Prairie styles. Several works by regionally prominent architects are included, among them Green and Wicks of Buffalo. The district is regarded as an important record of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American architecture and social life.","period_of_significance":"1800-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Italian Villa, Italianate, Second Empire, Stick Style, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Beaux-Arts, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow, Craftsman, Prairie Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most buildings are in good or excellent condition; some intrusions and demolitions have occurred, and further demolition is described as a potential threat.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.245426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84000353.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000353/bc0a01ded5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000353/bc0a01ded5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErieCtyCourthouse_EriePA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErieCtyCourthouse_EriePA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995505","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sixth_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7986538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/west-sixth-street-historic-district-84000353/"}