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ARCHITECT INFORMATION

Name

Aretas P. Mount

Lifespan

1851-1928

Last Entry Update

5/4/2015


BIOGRAPHY

Aretas P. Mount. Artistic in his tastes, endowed by nature with mechanical gifts of a high order, and at the same time being an expert in the use of tools, Aretas P. Mount, of Corry, occupies a position of prominence and influence among the foremost architects of Western Pennsylvania. Possessing good judgment, and having a thorough knowledge of his profession, he is kept busily employed, as a designer, drawing up plans for dwelling houses, stores, churches and large public buildings, his reputation for satisfactory work in that line being well established, and far extended. A son of William Mount, he was born, October 23, 1851, at Cherrycreek, Chautauqua county. New York...
 
After completing his early education, Aretas P. Mount followed the bent of his natural inclinations in developing his mechanical talents, beginning life for himself as a contractor and builder, and later as an architect. Mr. Mount has been eminently successful in all of his undertakings, as an architect winning honor and distinction. Many of the handsomest and most substantial residences and public buildings of Erie county are the work of his brains and hands, and bear visible evidence of his architectural knowledge and skill. To him was awarded, by the state board, the contract to draw the plans, and superintend the construction, of the armories at both Corry, Warren and Grove City, his ability as an architect being thus publicly recognized.
 
On September 9, 1875, Mr. Mount married Kate L. Wetmore. She was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Augustus and Catherine (Kidder) Wetmore, both of whom were of honored New England ancestry, descendants of families there prominent in early colonial days. Mr. and Mrs. Mount are the parents of three children, namely: William P., Jewell E., and Clarence. William P. married Lida Vincent, and their only child died in infancy. Clarence A., married Cora West, and they have one son, Richard P. Mr. and Mrs. Mount are consistent Christians, and worthy members of the Baptist church. Fraternally Mr. Mount belongs to Corry Lodge, No. 470, K. P., and to Corry Court of Foresters.
 
Mount also was the architect of the Market Street Baptist Church in Harrisburg, Pa. (1909).

Sources

John Miller, A Twentieth Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania: A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, Its People, and its Principal Interests (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), p.362-363; The American Architect, Vol. XCVI, No. 1759, p. 12; Jan Bemis, Images of America: Corry (Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 49.


LINKS AND ATTACHMENTS

Erie Architect and Builders Page


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PHOTOGRAPH


KNOWN PROJECTS

Project Name

Address

Year

Corry Armory

215 E WASHINGTON ST

1906


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