Erie in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Richard Lowry House

453 West 6th Street

— c. 1890 —

Richard Lowry House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 15, 2026

1. Richard Lowry House Marker

Inscription. This Victorian Eclectic style house was built c.1890 for Ricardo St. Philip Lowry (1864-1919), known as Richard Lowry, and his wife Annie Wrenton Maus (1865-1906).

Richard Lowry was born in Philadelphia, son of Venezuela-born Reigart Bolivar Lowry (1826-1880), a career U.S. Navy officer who, while stationed onboard Erie based USS Michigan (later Wolverine) in 1858, married Catherine Elizabeth Courtright (1838-1932), from an early Erie County family. Reigart Lowry distinguished himself in the Civil War, later becoming Navy flag officer with rank of Commodore. In 1944, the destroyer USS Lowry DD-770 was named for him.

Richard Lowry attended Erie public schools and was "prominent in the business and social life of the community". He served variously as Deputy Collector of Customs, President of Erie City Select Council and General Manager of Erie Evening Herald.

Richard & Annie Maus Lowry raised two sons here. George Maus Lowry (1889-1981) graduated 1911 from U.S. Naval Academy and received Medal of Honor for valor at Veracruz, Mexico 1914. He served at sea in WWI and commanded three destroyers before resigning from

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the Navy in 1927. Recalled for WWII, he received Legion of Merit and retired a Rear Adimiral. Philip Wager Lowry (1893-1969), a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law School, served in France as an Army officer in WWI. He practiced law at several leading New York City firms and retired from U.S. Department of Justice.

The Lowrys sold this house in 1916 to Byron A. Walker (1852-1922), a founder and President of Lovell Manufacturing Co. and founder of Erie City Mission. His family owned the house until 1941. Several owners followed, including Joseph Palermo family for 44 years renting apartments. In 2020, after two devastating fires, the house was acquired and restored by Thomas B. Hagen for the Erie Community Foundation.

Since 1984, this house has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a Contributing building in the-
West Sixth Street Historic District
2021

Erected 2021.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil • War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 42° 7.528′ N,

Richard Lowry House Marker, left of the front entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 15, 2026

2. Richard Lowry House Marker, left of the front entrance

80° 5.73′ W. Marker is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is on West 6th Street east of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is to the left of the front entrance under the porch. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 453 W 6th St, Erie PA 16507, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Siegle-McDougle House (within shouting distance of this marker); Connelly • Payne • Wilson House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Watson-Curtze Mansion (about 700 feet away); Cody House (approx. 0.2

Richard Lowry House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 15, 2026

3. Richard Lowry House

miles away); Sophia's Tavern Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Presque Isle and the Bay (approx. 0.4 miles away); Industrial Erie (approx. 0.4 miles away); Charles Vernon Gridley (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erie.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 16 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.