An Erie Irish family

Taken from an article published in the April 1987 edition of the magazine "The Erie Story".

509

I recently went to a presentation Erie Insurance held for the retirees.  They discussed the new Technical Learning Center, which they will be building on East 7th Street.  They also discussed plans to restore the building  on the southeast corner of 6th and French, which was the Erie office from 1938 to 1956.  Another building to be restored is the Armory on 6th and Parade.  It will be used for offices.  They also had many pictures of the  restored mansions at 502 and 510 Parade Street.  After the presentation I hung around and talked to the program presenter.  I told him that I lived at 501 when I was a kid, and that my great-grandmother built 509 and the five "cottages".  I told him that 509 was my grandparents house.  He then told me that Erie Insurance is buying 509 and that it will be demolished this year.  

For more information see the September 2007 blog posting that Nancy made called "The Big House"  The house was built in 1892.  The wraparound front porch was removed in the late 1940's when the gray shingles were installed.