Sturgeon House
Coordinates: 42 ° 1 ′ 43 " N , 80 ° 15 ′ 14" W.
The Sturgeon House is a saltbox that was built around 1838 in Fairview , Erie County , Pennsylvania , United States . The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Sturgeon House is made accessible by the Fairview Area Historical Society as a historical house museum.
design
Sturgeon House is at the intersection of Water Street and Avonia Road ( Pennsylvania Route 98 ). The home is a rare example of a saltbox in the northwestern state, and it's also a home with a set-back porch . The house is built on a stone foundation. The heavy lumber foundation frame has notches to accommodate the bulged beams. The roof of the house is inclined at an angle of 30 degrees. The front door of a cornice in the Federal Style and corresponding pilasters framed.
history
Jeremiah and William Sturgeon were first settlers in what is now Fairview Township . They bought land from the Pennsylvania Population Company in 1797 . The two Sturgeons operated stagecoach stations and inns for travelers in the area after the first road from Lake Erie to Cleveland , Ohio was cleared of trees in 1805 . They founded the village named after them Sturgeonville, which later developed into Fairview. The house was built by Samuel C. Sturgeon around 1838 and is one of several houses that this family built. The southern extension to the house was possibly built in the 1850s. The Sturgeon House was sold to the Fairview Area Historical Society in 1979 by a descendant of Jeremiah Sturgeon. On December 10, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
See also
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e Hetz, § 7.
- ↑ a b Hetz, § 8.
- ↑ NPS Focus ( English ) In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved July 5, 2011.
literature
- June E Hetz: Sturgeon House ( English , PDF ) In: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form . Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission . June 9, 1980. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
Web links
- Sturgeon House , Fairview Area Historical Society (English)