Sturgeon House

42.028611111111 - 80.253888888889Koordinaten: 42 ° 1 ' 43 "N, 80 ° 15' 14 " W

The Sturgeon House is a saltbox, built around 1838 in Fairview, Erie County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Sturgeon House will be made available from the Fairview Area Historical Society as a historic house museum.

Design

The Sturgeon House is located at the intersection of Water Street and Avonia Road (Pennsylvania Route 98). The house is a rare example of a saltbox in the northwest of the state and also for such a house with a recessed porch. The house is built on a stone foundation. The base frame made ​​of heavy timber has notches to accommodate the bulged bar. The roof of the house is inclined at an angle of 30 degrees. The front door is framed by a cornice in the Federal style and corresponding pilasters.

History

Jeremiah and William Sturgeon were the first settlers in today's Fairview Township. They bought land in 1797 from the Pennsylvania Population Company. The two Sturgeons operated stagecoach stations and inns for travelers in the region after 1805, the first road from Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio was beaten free of trees. They founded the town named after them Sturgeonville, which later evolved into Fairview. The house was built around 1838 by Samuel C. Sturgeon and is one of several houses, built this family. The southern attachment to the house have originated in the 1850s. The Sturgeon House was sold in 1979 by a descendant of Jeremiah Sturgeon at the Fairview Area Historical Society. On December 10, 1980, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.