The original section of the 2-1/2-story, brick mansion was built between 1846 and 1849.

The front facade features a pedimented portico with four two-story, fluted Ionic order columns in the Greek Revival style.

Its builder was a descendant of the first permanent settler of Erie, Colonel Set Reed.

[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

[1] It is located in the West Sixth Street Historic District.