Old Customshouse | |
Location: | 409 State St., Erie, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 42.13°N -80.0861°W |
Built: | 1838–1839 |
Architect: | Kelly, William |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | January 13, 1972 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 72001122 |
Designated Other1 Name: | Pennsylvania state historical marker |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | PHMC |
Designated Other1 Date: | November 1, 1946[1] |
Designated Other1 Link: | List of Pennsylvania state historical markers |
Designated Other1 Color: | navy |
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The Old Customshouse is an historic, American custom house building that is located in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Built between 1838 and 1839, this historic structure is a two-story, rectangular, brick and Vermont marble building. The front facade features a pedimented portico with six two-story, Doric order columns. Designed in the Greek Revival style, this building housed Erie's post office until 1867, served as the Customs House for the port of Erie from 1849 to 1888, and later housed a Grand Army of the Republic post and the Erie County Historical Society.[2] It is now part of a five-building complex of the Erie Art Museum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.