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

The Sturgeon House

 
 
The Sturgeon House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026
1. The Sturgeon House Marker
Inscription.
Has been placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

 
Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 2019.
 
Location. 42° 1.718′ N, 80° 15.231′ W. Marker is in Fairview, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is in Fairview Township. It is at the intersection of Avonia Road (Pennsylvania Route 98) and Water Street, on the right when traveling south on Avonia Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4302 Avonia Road, Fairview PA 16415, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania and in Greater Erie. 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,
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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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Post 742 Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Charlotte Elizabeth Battles (approx. 3.7 miles away); About This Stone Pillar (approx. 3.8 miles away); Circus History (approx. 3.8 miles away); Erie County Soldiers' Monument (approx. 3.8 miles away); Erie Extension Canal (approx. 4.7 miles away); Abraham Lincoln in Lake City, PA (Girard Station) (approx. 4.7 miles away); Millcreek Township Veterans Park (approx. 6 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Sturgeon House - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Built in 1838, the Sturgeon House was listed on the National Register on December 10, 1980. (Submitted on November 5, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.) 
 
The Sturgeon House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026
2. The Sturgeon House Marker
The Sturgeon House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026
3. The Sturgeon House Marker
East side of the house.
The Sturgeon House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026
4. The Sturgeon House Marker
Northwest side of the property.
Sturgeon House Circa 1838 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026
5. Sturgeon House Circa 1838

Fairview Area Historical Society
National Register of Historic Places
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 5, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Nov. 11, 2026