Roadside Oddities

Architectural Outliers

Erie’s landscape is dotted with buildings that seem to have wandered in from alternate timelines — octagons that brood like eight‑sided secrets, underground homes hiding from the sun, a train station that decided it wanted to be a house, and churches that traded hymns for houseplants. Even a lone A‑frame and a stubborn Quonset hut have carved out their own strange corners of the city. These are Erie’s Architectural Outliers: the structures that refuse to fit the mold, and in doing so, tell the most interesting stories.

Octagonal Structures

Octagonal Barn, Private Land, Middle Road, North East


Churches that are now Residences

Quonset Home


Quonset Home, Private Residence, West 11th, Erie


Underground Homes