High And Locust Streets Historic District
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High and Locust Streets Historic District is a national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at Lockport in
Niagara County, New York Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of waters''. Niag ...
. The district encompasses 120 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Lockport. The district developed between about 1840 and 1936, and includes buildings in a variety of architectural styles including
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
,
Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...
, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival,
Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
, and
Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...
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American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...
. Located in the district are the separately listed Chase-Crowley-Keep House, Chase-Hubbard-Williams House, and
Thomas Oliver House Thomas Oliver House is a historic home located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It is a -story Queen Anne style brick dwelling built in 1891. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying seven photographs''/ref> It was listed on the Nat ...
. Other notable buildings include the F.N. Nelson House (c. 1850), Calvin Haines/Alonzo J. Mansfield House (c. 1860), J. Dunville House (c. 1907), Ambrose S. Beverly House (c. 1875), Dr. Martin S. Kittinger House (c. 1870), and F. N. Nelson House/Lockport Home for the Friendless (c. 1850). ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2014.


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Greek Revival architecture in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Niagara County, New York {{NiagaraCountyNY-NRHP-stub