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

Addison Leech House

462 West 6th Street

— 1870 —

Addison Leech House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 15, 2026

1. Addison Leech House Marker

Inscription. This Second Empire style house was built for Addison H. Leech (1824-1899) from Leechburg, PA (Armstrong County) and his wife Mary Watson Leech (1834-1921) of St. Louis, MO. A graduate of Allegheny College who served in the Civil War as a Lt. Colonel in the Union Army, Leech managed the Anchor Transportation Lines and Grain Elevators in Erie. He was active in the Republican Party and owned extensive grain lands in North Dakota where he served in its Constitutional Convention establishing statehood in 1889. The Leech Family owned the house for 72 years. About 1942 house was sold and converted to apartments.

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

Restored 2019

Erected 2019.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.

Location. 42° 7.541′ N, 80° 5.76′ W. Marker is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is at the intersection of West 6th Street (Alternate

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Pennsylvania Route 5) and Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east on West 6th Street. The marker is to the left of the front entrance on the porch. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 462 W 6th Street, 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); Galbraith • Shenk • Emmet House (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Lowry House (within shouting distance of this marker); Connelly • Payne • Wilson House (within shouting distance of this marker); Watson-Curtze Mansion

Addison Leech House Marker to the left of the main entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 15, 2026

2. Addison Leech House Marker to the left of the main entrance

(about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cody House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sophia's Tavern Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wood-Morrison House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erie.

Addison Leech House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 15, 2026

3. Addison Leech House

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 8, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.