
Snapshots
Time has a way of softening the edges, but Erie remembers. In the faded corners of old photographs, you’ll find ghostly glimpses of a city that once was — streetcars rattling down vanished tracks, storefronts long since shuttered, faces frozen in sepia. These images whisper from the past, inviting you to stand in the same spot and see what remains. Side by side, yesterday and today speak to each other in quiet tones, revealing how much has changed… and how much still lingers.
BLOCK HOUSE
Soldiers & Sailors Home
BOSTON STORE
716-728 State St
C.H. STRONG’S RESIDENCE
6th & Peach
COURT HOUSE
140 West 6th St
DICKSON TAVERN
201 French St
DOWNING MAUSOLEUM
Erie Cemetery
EBEN BREWER MONUMENT
Griswold Plaza (statue originally in Perry Sq)
ENTRANCE TO ERIE CEMETERY
2116 Chestnut St
ERIE BUSINESS SCHOOL
220 West 9th
ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE
134-160 E6th St
ERIE SILK MILLS
Cascade & 26th
ERIE TRUST COMPANY BUILDING
1001 State St
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN
State St & 12th St
FORD HOTEL
515 State St
GLENWOOD ZOO
423 West 38th St
LAND LIGHTHOUSE
2 Lighthouse St
LIGHT HOUSE AND INLET TO ERIE BAY
Presque Isle State Park
LINCOLN MARKET BUILDING
1215 Parade St
MAPLE LODGE MOTEL
5512 W Lake Rd
PALACE HARDWARE COMPANY
913 State St
PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT HOUSE
Presque Isle State Park
PUBLIC LIBRARY
S Park Row at French
PUBLIC LIBRARY (INTERIOR)
Now Blasco Main Library; formerly S Park Row and French
SCOTT MAUSOLEUM
Erie Cemetery
SIGSBEE RESERVOIR
2601-2651 Sigsbee St
SOLDIERS & SAILORS HOME CEMETERY
560 East 3rd
SOLDIERS & SAILORS MONUMENT
Perry Square West
ST. JOSEPH’S ORPHAN HOME
517 Maryland Ave
THOMAS EDISON ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN
East Perry Square
UNION DEPOT
100 block of West 4th Street
U.S. FEDERAL BUILDING
17 South Park Row
U.S. POST OFFICE
1314 Griswold Plaza
VERNONDALE MOTEL
5422 W Lake Rd
WALDAMEER PARK - BOAT RIDE
220 Peninsula Dr
WALDAMEER PARK - COMET
220 Peninsula Dr
WALDAMEER PARK - “MERRY-GO-ROUND”
220 Peninsula Dr (MGR is now the large pavillion)
WALDAMEER PARK - RAINBOW GARDENS
220 Peninsula Dr
WATER WORKS
Bayfront Parkway
WOLVERINE
Moved - Now at Erie Maritime Museum