{"nrhp_refnum":"84003355","name":"Federal Row","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"146-162 E. 5th St.; 424-430 Holland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.13169078200005,"lon":-80.08253775594935,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of five brick residences on a rectangular plot at the southwest corner of East 5th and Holland Streets in Erie, Pennsylvania, known as Federal Row. The houses were built between 1823 and 1840 and include the Tibbals, Brewster, Kennedy Row, David Kennedy and Kennedy Double houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the group is the single remaining intact concentration of Erie's first Federal style brick structures and shows the life and values of the town's emerging entrepreneurial class in the second quarter of the 19th century. Builder David Kennedy, a brickmaker and mason, gave the neighborhood its architectural character, and the houses are associated with prominent local figures in business and civic affairs.","narrative":"Five red brick residences stand on a corner plot in Erie, Pennsylvania, built between 1823 and 1840. Four of the five are laid in Flemish bond, and most keep simple Federal detailing such as flat lintels, symmetrical windows and raised basements with cooking hearths and bake ovens. Mason and brickmaker David Kennedy, an Irish immigrant who arrived in 1828, built the David Kennedy House in 1832 and the adjoining Kennedy Row and Kennedy Double houses, supplying brick for a jail and experimenting with an artificial stone mix. The Alexander Brewster House, dating from 1823, is the oldest of the group. Its later occupants included merchant and public official Alexander W. Brewster and the Bureau of Charities. Charles M. Tibbals, a dry goods merchant who later manufactured stoves and served as Collector of the Port, lived in the house at the western end. The group is valued for its surviving early brick architecture and for its links to the town's leading families of that period.","period_of_significance":"1823-1902","architect_builder":"David Kennedy (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:18.68426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003355.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003355/93e9ec9453-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003355/93e9ec9453-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tibbals_House_Federal_Row_Erie_PA_Apr_13.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tibbals_House_Federal_Row_Erie_PA_Apr_13.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995517","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5440419"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/federal-row-84003355/"}