Erie Art Museum - Museum Complex

Museum Complex

The museum entrance is situated on East 5th Street between State and French Streets. The 2010 wing connects five historic buildings into a single complex:

  1. The Old Custom House, a Greek Revival building constructed in 1837-39 of Vermont marble
  2. The Cashiers House, a Greek Revival townhouse also completed in 1839
  3. The Bonnell Block, a Greek Revival commercial building built in 1840 that houses the Erie County Historical Society
  4. The Erie Art Museum's Holstein Gallery and Frame Shop, also housed in the Bonnell Block building
  5. The Old Pumper House, the oldest surviving fire house in the city, originally built as a marble works in 1850

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