The date stone tells us this school was built in 1909. The architect was Sharon’s own Edward J. Weaver. It now serves as the office of the Mercer County Housing Authority.
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Tag: Classical Architecture
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Jefferson Avenue School
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Elizabeth E. Haywood Mansion
Elizabeth E. Haywood was a rich widow who hired Owsley & Boucherle to design this comfortable mansion for her, which was built in 1901. When she died in 1924, she left the house to be a home for retired Presbyterian ministers and their wives—an important charity in the days when ministers usually lived in manses provided by their churches, and had nowhere to go when they retired. The parts that were originally wood have been covered with cheap materials, but the general form of the house is still intact.
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Applegate Building
A low row of shops with offices above, built in the 1920s and recently restored, with exuberant classical details.
From the expression on their faces, old Pa Pitt strongly suspects that these lions are up to something.
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Merchants and Manufacturers National Bank
At some point this building lost something at the top, and indeed the Sanborn map for 1920 shows a building with three floors here. Since the second-floor windows match, it is likely that the top floor matched the third floor of the building to the left. Since Railroad Street does not meet State Street at a right angle, the corner of this building is an obtuse angle.
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