{"nrhp_refnum":"87000030","name":"Qhandlery Corner","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 and 3 E. Fourth St., and 401--403, and 405 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.131407970000055,"lon":-80.08640874199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of three brick commercial and residential buildings at the southeast corner of 4th and State Streets in Erie, Pennsylvania, comprising the Peter Rockwell House (1832), the Frederick Schneider House (1846) and the Schneider/Kessler Chandlery (1851).","why_significant":"The complex is associated with Erie's first soap and candle maker and later with the ship chandlery trade that supplied the lake port's shipping and commercial fishing fleets in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The nomination also points to the Schneider house's connection to the local German community and its role in hosting Carl Schurz during the 1860 Lincoln campaign.","narrative":"Three red brick buildings of two and three stories stand at the southeast corner of 4th and State Streets in Erie, arranged on a right-angle axis. The Peter Rockwell House dates from 1832 and was later converted to commercial use, with its roof remodeled to a Mansard form and its ground floor lowered. The Frederick Schneider House was built in 1846 and retains many of its Greek Revival features. The Schneider/Kessler Chandlery, erected in 1851, was expanded in 1870 when Christian Kessler acquired it. Schneider established Erie's first candle business here, and the corner later became a ship chandlery supplying sailing vessels and fishing tugs. The complex is significant for its association with the commercial trades that served Erie as a busy lake port during the later 19th century and into the early 20th century.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (Frederick Schneider House); Federal townhouse origin with Mansard alterations (Peter Rockwell House)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The Chandlery building was used as rental property after 1919 and the Rockwell House later served as a bar and lounge; the nomination describes recent use as a bar and lounge and the Schneider house as a boarding house until recently.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:29.542435-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000030.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000030/74ed424673-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000030/74ed424673-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandlery_Corner_Erie_PA_Apr_13.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandlery_Corner_Erie_PA_Apr_13.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80003489","name":"West Park Place","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/west-park-place-80003489/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995541","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandlery_Corner","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5071216"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/qhandlery-corner-87000030/"}