The Mansion House Inn, now an apartment and office building on Fourth Avenue, between Market and Liberty streets. The stone building is the oldest standing lodging facility in Warren, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1834 and originally served as the Lumberman's Bank. After the court house was built across the street, Judge Allison Wade lived here. See a 1912 photo of this structure from the archives of the Warren Public Library. Click on photo to see more of Victorian Warren. Tour continues on next page.
Lumberman's Bank, 1834
Eighty-three years before the Lumberman's Bank was built, French explorer Celeron buried a lead plate, similar to the one at left, claiming this land for King Louis the 15th. For a full-size image of the claim, click on the photo at left which is part of a monument at Crescent Park in downtown Warren