{"nrhp_refnum":"92000468","name":"Erie Federal Courthouse and Post Office","other_names":["Erie Federal Courthouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of 6th and State Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.129500380000025,"lon":-80.08437917799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-01-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, ell-shaped federal courthouse and post office at the intersection of 6th (South Park Row) and State Streets, overlooking Perry Square in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania. Built in 1937 as a U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a representative example of federally commissioned buildings of the 1930s, a product of the federal government's effort to stimulate the building industry during the Depression. Its Moderne, modified classical design is cited as typical of that period, and it is described as a principal element of Erie's business district. The nomination also links it to the city's growth as an industrial and transportation center and to the federal courts it houses.","narrative":"Built in 1937 at the corner of 6th and State Streets in downtown Erie, this three-story, ell-shaped federal building overlooks Perry Square. Its primary elevations are faced in Indiana limestone, with granite at the base and entrances, and combine Beaux-Arts classical planning with the simplified classicism of the Moderne style. The main 6th Street facade is organized into thirteen vertical bays and opens onto a central elevator lobby and stair. Interiors include glazed terra cotta wainscoting, Greek fret tile borders, and second-floor courtrooms with paneled wood walls, plaster ceilings, and copper-alloy clocks. Designed by Rudolph Stanley-Brown under supervising architect Louis A. Simon, the building is regarded as a representative example of federally commissioned architecture of its period. It also marks a high point in Erie's growth as an industrial and lakeshore transportation city, and it remains the primary federal presence in the city.","period_of_significance":"1937-1941","architect_builder":"Rudolph Stanley-Brown (architect); Louis A. Simon (supervising architect)","architectural_style":"Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Continues to house federal courts and the Perry Square Station of the U.S. Post Office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.803601-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000468.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000468/be499b99f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000468/be499b99f2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usch_erie.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usch_erie.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995535","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Federal_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5388303"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/erie-federal-courthouse-and-post-office-92000468/"}