Emlenton
Franklin
Oil City
Tionesta
Titusville
Pleasantville
Meadville
Tidioute
Endeavor
Warren
Sheffield
Bradford
Smethport
Ridgway

Styles

Adam
Greek Revival
Classical Revival
Gothic Revival
Italianate
Second Empire
Stick
Queen Anne
Shingle
Colonial Revival
Neoclassical
Tudor
English Cottage

SHEFFIELD

In the southeast corner of Warren County along Route 6 sits the quaint nineteenth century community of Sheffield.  The place looks today much like it did well over a hundred years ago when it was the site of three tanneries, the largest being the Horton Tannery.  The abundant local supply of hemlock trees for tannic acid, a plentiful water supply,  a location on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad with access to the hides from the Chicago stockyards and the Atlantic Coast markets, all made Sheffield a particularly appropriate site for the tanning industry.  With street names like Tannery, Leather and Horton, it is not difficult to grasp a sense of the community’s nineteenth century character.  The wealth generated by Sheffield’s nineteenth century tanning industry allowed for a number of impressive Victorian homes.
 
 

	Victorian Home at the Corner of Horton and Church Streets in Sheffield, Pennsylvania

On an open green situated between Horton and Church Streets and looking over Route 6, sits a large Victorian with a flagpole to its front.  Essentially a tall, angular and complex Stick structure, a touch of early Queen Anne influence can be seen in the gables and the patterned chimney.
 
 

	Victorian Home on Church Street in Sheffield, Pennsylvania

Across the green on Church Street stands another Stick style Victorian.  This house has retained its decorative trusses across the gables and much of its original veranda.
 

	George Horton House in Sheffield, Pennsylvania

Facing the above two houses from across Route 6, what was called the Warren and Ridgway Turnpike in the nineteenth century, is the monumental George Horton House built in 1889.  We have commented on this Queen Anne structure at length in the Styles Section under Queen Anne.  Please refer to that section.

FOR INFORMATION ON THE SHEFFIELD AREA: 
Contact the Northern Alleghenies Vacation Region at 315 Second Avenue, P O Box 804, Warren, PA 16353 (800) 624-7802

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Drive east on Route 6 from Warren. The more adventurous will want to take Route 666 from Endeavor and travel east along Tionesta Creek through the forest.  The road eventually turns north to Sheffield.