Mabel Hartzell Historical Home

Built by Matthew Earley in 1867, the home is Victorian Italianate style, with seven Italian marble fireplaces inside. Matthew Earley and his wife Mary Edwards Earley lived here with their adopted daughter Miss Mabel Hartzell. Matthew was a tanner by trade, a businessman, and a city councilman. Mary was a homemaker, and Mabel was a lifelong educator and a community leader. Mabel was the first woman elected to the Alliance Board of Education in 1912, and was a founder of the Alliance Historical Society in 1939. When she passed away in 1954, she willed her beautiful home to the Alliance Historical Society to be used as a museum. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places and is also designated as a Local Landmark.

EARLEY’S TANNERY (NW CORNER VINE & WALNUT)

Although we are not sure when the tannery was built, it likely was operated by Earley from the 1860s to the 1890s. It was near the driveway entrance to Earley’s Hill Park, the land for which was donated to the city by Mabel Hartzell in honor of her adoptive father.