Erie Street Row

Landmark Context

Erie Street Row is publicly anchored at 161 E. Erie St by the landmark designation record. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1870-1920 and credits Unknown. It was designated on October 16, 2025. Erie Street Row keeps commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

Erie Street Row reveals more once fieldwork compares storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.

Research Starting Points

Erie Street Row becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into trade press and city directories, permit files and assessor records, and historic photographs and newspaper coverage. That source trail is often the best way to move from designation summary to a fuller building history.

Erie Street Row can keep observation, source work, and interpretation attached to one building.