Watson-Curtze Mansion in Erie, Erie County, United States | Museum

The Watson-Curtze Mansion presents an example of the upper class lifestyle of the 1890s in Erie, United States.  This was a time when Erie was nearing the peak of its industrial development. The businessmen and industrialists who took advantage of this era to accumulate their fortunes enjoyed the privileges of an elegant lifestyle.

Two families occupied the Watson-Curtze  Mansion before it became a Museum. The H. F. Watson family--Harrison F. Watson, his wife Carrie Tracy Watson, and their daughter Winifred, moved into the house in 1891. 

Harrison Watson was president of the H. F. Watson Paper Company, which manufactured building, roofing, and lining papers and materials, as well as team pipe and boiler packaging and coverings.

Come and expErience the upper class lifestyle of the 1890's at the Watson-Curtz Mansion Museum Erie.