The Buhl Mansion

422 E. State Street

Sharon, Pennsylvania

This home was built between 1890 and 1896 at an original price of $60,000, equivalent to 2.9 million today.  Mr. Frank H. Buhl (1848-1918) was a prominent industrialist and founder of the Sharon Steel Company which later became part of US Steel. There was a time when 10,000 people lived in Sharon with 2,400 of them working in the Buhl steel mills being paid 10 cents an hour.

Buhl and his wife, Julia Anna Forker Buhl were philanthropists creating the F. H. Buhl Club for the community and the 300 acre F. H. Buhl Farm, a beautiful public park with many amenties. 

 The Romanesque Revival home was designed by noted Youngstown, Ohio architect, Charles H. Owsley.  His firm, Owsley, Bourcherie and Owsley also built St. John's Episcopal church and the F. H. Buhl Club in Sharon and the Mercer County Courthouse. 

The 14-room Richardsonian Romanesque style home was eventually purchased by Mr. and Mrs. James E. Winner who lovingly restored the home by taking on $3.5 million in extensive renovations opening the Buhl Mansion Guesthouse and Spa in 1997.  It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.  

The Buhl mansion cost $60,000 to construct which would be approximately $2.2 million in 2023.  One hundred and fifty Italian bricklayers were granted U.S. citizenship after finishing the job. A commmendable gesture by Frank H. Buhl.  

What would Frank and Julia Buhl think of those continuing to carry on their legacy?

I personally think they're smiling down.

Taylor Galaska, President of the Sharon Historical Society and guesthouse supervisor at the mansion.