Name

Romanesque

General Range

1880-1900

Romanesque residential architecture was introduced by Boston architect Henry H. Richardson, and the style is sometimes called Richardson Romanesque or even Richardsonian. The style usually involved a masonry building with a large arch. The style almost always features a building with a complicated roof system (cross-gables, towers/turrets, cross- gables) and chimneys that were placed off the ridge to emphasize their presence. The walls usually incorporated quarry-faced stone, either on the first floor alone or the entire wall surface. The large arch could be over a door or over a window. A common feature was a loggia, often on the ground level, that was identified by the large arch or voussoirs (sometimes by two such arches). The house at 522 East 6th Street, Erie, places the loggia on the second floor over the entrance. When the walls were brick, wire-cut brick were used to minimize the mortar; in the later examples, pigment was placed in the mortar to provide the deep red color so common in the 1890s. Curved wall elements were also common; the house at 551 West 8th Street, Erie, places a round turret in one corner to achieve this effect.

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Municipality

Historic Name

Address

City of Erie

Taylor Mansion

150 W 6 ST

City of Erie

522 E 6 ST

City of Erie

Erie Water Works

340 W Bayfront Parkway

City of Erie

St. Mary's Church

310 E 10 Street

City of Erie

163 W 21 ST

City of Erie

Public School No. 4

414 W 5 ST

City of Erie

551 W 8TH ST

Girard Township

ELK PARK RD