Ornate Finishes

Look up. Look closer. Erie’s buildings wear their history in scrollwork and stone—flourishes tucked into cornices, keystones, and iron grates. These antique architectural details are more than decoration; they’re the city’s quiet declarations of pride, craftsmanship, and forgotten grandeur. Some are weathered, some still gleam, but all of them whisper of eras when even a doorway deserved poetry. This section showcases the embellishments that survive in plain sight—proof that Erie’s weirdness isn’t just in its stories, but in its very bones.