James Phair News Today

The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history with 720,000 soldiers and civilians killed.  It began in 1861 when eleven southern states who supported slavery seceded from the United States of America and formed the Confederate States of America.  Essentially, the Confederacy (South) fought the Union (U.S. federal government, or North).

In its early years, Presque Isle suffered numerous fires.  As a result, there are few original buildings left along Main Street.  One of the oldest buildings still in existence is the Allen Building, located immediately to the south of the Northeastland Hotel at 428 Main Street.