Hopkins House (Lockport, New York)
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Hopkins House is a historic home 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 ...
. It is a two-story stone structure built in 1833 by John Hopkins, an
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engineer and early settler of Lockport, in the
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 ...
style. It was remodeled in about 1865 adding
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 ...
details. It is one of approximately 75 stone residences remaining in the city of Lockport. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four 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 2003.


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Hopkins House - Lockport, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1833 Greek Revival houses in New York (state) Houses in Niagara County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Niagara County, New York {{NiagaraCountyNY-NRHP-stub