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Edward D. Wetmore Home (circa 1894)
Edward D. Wetmore Home (circa 1894)
Dwellings
Edward D. Wetmore home, 608 Pennsylvania Avenue west, ca 1894. On the block now (2004) occupied by St. Joseph's Church and School.
Edwin R. Pierce House (circa 1870)
Edwin R. Pierce House (circa 1870)
Dwellings
Edwin R. Pierce house, 509 Market Street, ca 1870. Owned by a succession of families including Kopf, Schumacher, and Boger.
Edwin W. Siegfried Store Interior, Johnson Exchange Block, Liberty Street and Second Avenue (1890)
Edwin W. Siegfried Store Interior, Johnson Exchange Block, Liberty Street and Second Avenue (1890)
People, Interiors, Stores and shops
Probably the Edwin W. Siegfried store in the Johnson Exchange building in the 1890s, southeast corner of Liberty Street and Second Avenue. The building burned on December 23, 1900. This store located at 225 Second Avenue. Buildings replacing the burned structure housed Metzger-Wright, Levinson Brothers, and Janick's department stores and are now (2004) the location of offices of Northwest Savings Bank.
Exchange Block (circa 1885)
Exchange Block (circa 1885)
Mills, Buildings, Hotels
The south side of the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue about 1885. The brick building farthest left was home to the Warren Mills, just west of the millrace bridge on Liberty Street. The three-story Exchange block was home to many businesses, principally the Exchange Hotel. The hotel portion of this structure was lost to a fire in 1986.
Falsework for Concrete (1916)
Falsework for Concrete (1916)
Suspension bridges, Bridges, Concrete
Falsework for the concrete Hickory Street bridge under construction in 1916. This structure, removed and replaced in 2003 and 2004, replaced the 1871 suspension bridge, still in use when this picture was taken.
Fifth Avenue Bridge (circa 1890)
Fifth Avenue Bridge (circa 1890)
Bridges, Streets, People, Buildings
View west to the Fifth Avenue bridge from near Conewango Avenue in the 1890s. The store building and houses are on Water Street, and the courthouse tower appears over the frame building at left.
Fifth Avenue Looking South (circa 1880)
Fifth Avenue Looking South (circa 1880)
Streets, Buildings
A view of the south side of Warren from above Fifth Avenue west, at the head of Poplar Street in about 1880.
Fifth Avenue Looking Southeast (1895)
Fifth Avenue Looking Southeast (1895)
Buildings
View southeast across Warren from along Fifth Avenue near Hazel Street in 1895.
Fifth and Liberty Looking East (circa 1880)
Fifth and Liberty Looking East (circa 1880)
Courthouses, Jails
View east ca 1880 across Warren from along Fifth Avenue with the intersection of Fifth and Liberty Street at left. The large structure left of center is the recently constructed Warren County courthouse. To its immediate left are the sheriff's residence and county jail.
Fire Engine: Steamer 'Rufus P. King' (1873)
Fire Engine: Steamer 'Rufus P. King' (1873)
Fires, Banks, Streets, People
Steamer 'Rufus P. King' acquired by the borough of Warren in 1873 or 1874, and given to the scrap drive in WWII, shown in operation on the Liberty Street bridge during the Warren Savings Bank / Watson-Davis block fire of February 1889. View to the north to Warren (later New Struthers) Hotel, built by Thomas Struthers, 1880.
First National Bank (1881)
First National Bank (1881)
Banks, Streets, Politicians
The First National Bank building, north side of Second Avenue above Liberty (ex-Betty Lee, etc.) draped in September 1881 for the death of President Garfield. Original building on this site was Dunn's Tavern.
First National Bank (1896)
First National Bank (1896)
Banks, Buildings
First National Bank, north side of Second Avenue between Liberty Street and The Point in 1896. Merged with Warren National Bank in 1953. The lower façade was revised as neo-classical in 1911. Later a part of Betty Lee, CVS Drugs, and in 2004 Masterskater Extreme Sports. The building was erected in 1871 and 1872 on the site of Dunn's Tavern.
First National Bank Building (1800)
First National Bank Building (1800)
Banks, Buildings, Broadcasting
Original First National Bank building, 310 Second Avenue, built in 1871-1872 on the site of Dunn's Tavern. The lower facade was remodeled in 1911 and later enclosed becoming part of the Betty Lee store. Later occupants were CVS Drug Store and Masterskater. Kinzua Broadcasting Company has occupied upper floors since 1946. Photo ca 1875.
Flat Boat at Conewango Creek Dam (circa 1880)
Flat Boat at Conewango Creek Dam (circa 1880)
Flatboats, boats, people, Floods
A trading, or flat, boat built in Russell by Ira Briggs was stuck on the Conewango dam in Warren in the mid-to late 1880s. High water soon floated it off the dam and it was taken on down river. Pilot Lorenzo Badger is seated on the roof of the boat.
Flood of 1865 (1865)
Flood of 1865 (1865)
Mills, Floods, Bridges
Mill buildings on The Island in the flood of 1865. The floating debris marks the location of the roadway onto The Island from the Liberty Street bridge over the millrace.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Floods, Streets, Exhibition buildings, Buildings
View from above Fifth Avenue at Hazel Street towards the flooded (1894?) south side fairgrounds. Note the advertisements for Pickett Hardware Co., J. C. Smith boots and shoes, Morck Brothers Jewelers and Opticians, A. A. Davis & Co., etc. painted on the fairgrounds fences.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Streets, People, Floods
High water on Water Street (looking west from the foot of East Street) in the 1890s, possibly during the 1894 flood.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Banks, Streets, People
View looking west down Pennsylvania Avenue from Market Street. The pointed tower of the Warren Savings Bank appears in the distance, right of center. Probably the flood of 1894.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Floods, Rivers
The old gas plant on Pennsylvania Avenue West, possibly during the flood of 1894. This site is occupied today (2004) by Penelec. View towards the river in the south.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Floods, People, Buildings
View east on Clark Street on The Island in the flood of 1894.