Built between 1855 and 1856, this historic structure was designed for
Peter Herdic, a notable figure in the early development of Williamsport who served as the city's fourth mayor, beginning in the fall of 1869, and who later invented the
Herdic, a horse-drawn carriage which became so popular that it was used to create systems of inexpensive mass transportation in multiple major metropolitan across the United States, including the
Herdic Phaeton Company in
Washington, D.C. ==Architectural features==