{"id":185890,"date":"2026-05-07T02:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185890\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T02:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:32:08","slug":"historical-designation-considered-for-erie-maennerchor-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185890\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical designation considered for Erie Maennerchor Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/3b8213e08fa53dfa1a649cdddb5d7f76.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Historical designation considered for Erie Maennerchor Club<\/p>\n<p>Another City of Erie building may be on its way to a historical designation pending a council vote.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, Erie City Council heard a public hearing to consider testimony about whether or not to designate the Erie Maennerchor Club on State Street as a historic building.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:City of Erie announces multi-million dollar summer paving plan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/city-erie-announces-multi-million-210631204.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0City of Erie announces multi-million dollar summer paving plan\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The owner of the building said the former social club was built by German immigrants in the late 1800s, and it\u2019s stood the test of time.<\/p>\n<p>He said historical designation could bring new opportunity to the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family promised to leave things better, so we have spent a lot of time and money cleaning the place, making repairs, a new cooling tower, new roof.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a very rich history, a lot of people have a lot of history there,\u201d said Julio Reyes, the co-owner of the Meannerchor Club.<\/p>\n<p>Erie City Council will vote on whether or not to historically designate the building at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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