Niagara County, New York

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Genesee
Namesake: The Niagara River
Seat: Lewiston  (1808–1822); Lockport (1822–)
Land area: 522 square miles
Population (2020): 212,666
Population (historic): 8,971 (1810); 31,132 (1840); 50,437 (1870); 74,961 (1900); 149,329 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870–1960
Subdivisions: Three cities; five villages; seven CDPs; 12 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 30,834 (30.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,986
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,512

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 4,068
Average farm size (1920): 65.2 acres
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Lockport

 
Namesake: A reference to the Erie Canal, which bisects the city
Founding: 1818 (platting); 1822 (post office); 1865 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 20,876
Population (historic): 10,871 (1860); 13,522 (1880); 16,581 (1900); 23,160 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,438 (51.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Whitney Taylor House (c. 1840). 4975 Ridge Road. Cambria. Greek Revival.
2. Farm (c. 1875). 9006 Ridge Road. Hartland. Italianate.
3. Lewis Spalding House (c. 1830). 3484 Stone Road. Hartland. Federal.
4. John Calkins House (c. 1860). 4072 Calkins Road. Lewiston. Gothic Revival.
5. Leander Scovell House (1833). 775 Ridge Road. Lewiston. Greek Revival.
6. John Haseley Farm (c. 1835). 2063 Saunders Settlement Road. Lewiston.
7. Hiram McCollum Farm (c. 1840). 248 North Adams Street. Lockport. Greek Revival.
8. John LaBar House (c. 1875). 6964 Chestnut Ridge Road. Lockport. Italianate.
9. Joseph Pound House (c. 1833). 291 Summit Street. Lockport. Greek Revival.
10. Nicholas Richardson House (c. 1835). 4878 Sunset Drive. Lockport. Greek Revival.
11. Charles Wynkoop House (c. 1845). 5829 Wynkoop Road. Lockport. Greek Revival.
12. James Van Horn House (1823/1900s). 2159 Lockport–Olcott Road. Newfane. Classical Revival.
13. Charles McClew Farm (c. 1865). 2402 McClew Road. Newfane. Italianate.
14. Henry Hand House (c. 1865). 2169 Youngstown–Lockport Road. Porter. Italianate.
15. Dysinger Farm (c. 1840). 7800 Akron Road. Royalton. Greek Revival.
16. John Shafer House (c. 1870). 4326 Bolton Road. Royalton. Italianate.
17. John McNall House (c. 1830). 7971 Chestnut Ridge Road. Royalton. Greek Revival.
18. Guernsey Farm (1832). 9065 Chestnut Ridge Road. Royalton. Federal.
19. George Gage House (c. 1855). 4585 Griswold Street. Royalton. Gothic Revival.
20. Mabee Mill Ruins (1872). Quaker Road and Slayton Settlement Road. Royalton.
21. Curtis Root House (c. 1870). 4049 Root Road. Royalton. Italianate.
22. Abel Bugbee House (c. 1835/1900). 7928 Slayton Settlement Road. Royalton. Federal/Classical Revival.
23. Day Farm (c. 1840). 8023 Slayton Settlement Road. Royalton. Greek Revival.
24. Philip Freeman House (c. 1875). 109 Telegraph Road. Royalton. Italianate.
25. Frank Bradley Farm (c. 1895). 7397 Lake Road. Somerset. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
26. Jeptha Babcock Farm (c. 1848). 7449 Lake Road. Somerset. Greek Revival.
27. Edwin Arnold Farm (c. 1875). 9017 Lake Road. Somerset. Italianate.
28. Emerson Deming House (c. 1850). 6586 Shawnee Road. Wheatfield. Greek Revival. Razed.
29. James Morse Farm (c. 1843). 2773 Maple Road. Wilson. Greek Revival.
30. Alexander Pease Farm (1866). 4455 Wilson–Burt Road. Wilson. Queen Anne.
31. Morgan Johnson House (c. 1840). 2501 Wilson–Cambria Road. Wilson. Greek Revival.

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