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Good morning! In case you were feeling some deep regret at missing my presentation on Erie House History Research for the @eriecountypubliclibrary a couple of weeks ago: never fear! The library has given me a copy! And I put it on my website, where it will live forever!
A week or so ago, I was contacted by the President of Preservation Pittsburgh looking for my help to figure out the history of a home he just purchased in Erie. I started with a quick search, and found out some pretty interesting stuff about this gorgeous old home on Frontier Drive.
When I first heard that the Hagen History Center was setting up a Frank Lloyd Wright display, I was confused. What does this have to do with Erie? BUT upon seeing it and experiencing it, I now see how lucky we are to have this. This is FLW's San Francisco office and it is available to walk through for the first time EVER (since it was an actual functioning office).
I was so honored to have been invited to the Hagen History Center last night for the ribbon cutting ceremony launching their Grand Re-Opening, after winning their 2021 Media Award two nights earlier. I mean, wow, thank you so so much.
Little did I know, when I ran into an old friend at the lovely Farmer's Market at @lakeeriearboretum last weekend, that I would fall into a week-long obsession over this house on 32nd and Auburn when he mentioned it to me. Tax records say the house was built in 1855, but all my usual channels for determining house history came up empty, as this street has only been called Auburn Street for a relatively short time. And when this house was built, it was not part of the city with lots of neighboring houses, it was all alone up there on the hill at the address RFD #1 🤷‍♀️
Good morning! I've gotten a lot of DMs over the years from people who are curious about the history of their old Erie home, and while I love to dive in when I can, I can't check into them all. So now I can show you how I do it!

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