Engine Company No. 1, Hook and Ladder Company No. 2
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Pufferbelly Restaurant (Engine Company No. 1, Hook and Ladder Company No. 2)
1907–1908, Constable Brothers Construction Company. 414 French St.
Pufferbelly Restaurant is an excellent example of adaptive reuse and the advantage of a good location at the midpoint between two of the city's largest downtown employers. Simple corbeling, pilaster strips, a stone lintel course, and recessed panels highlight its rounded entrance bay. The city's oldest remaining firehouse, built in 1903 (428 Chestnut Street), also was adapted for a new use: in 1975 it became the Firefighters Historical Museum. It is a simple maroon brick building with a handsome paneled chimney on its W. 4th Street elevation.
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Location: Erie, PennsylvaniaRegional Overviews:Architect:Types:Styles:no metadata available
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Lu Donnelly et al., "Pufferbelly Restaurant (Engine Company No. 1, Hook and Ladder Company No. 2)", [Erie, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-ER13.
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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 488-488.
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