Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

IDENTIFICATION Property name (if any) Address or Street Location County Town/City Village/Hamlet: Owner Address Original use Current use Architect/Builder, if known Date of construction, if known DESCRIPTION Materials – please check those materials that are visible

Exterior Walls: wood clapboard wood shingle vertical boards plywood

stone brick poured concrete concrete block

vinyl siding aluminum siding cement-asbestos other:

Roof: asphalt, shingle asphalt, roll wood shingle metal slate

Foundation: stone brick poured concrete concrete block Other materials and their location: Alterations, if known: Date:

Condition: excellent good fair deteriorated Photos Provide several clear, original photographs of the property proposed for nomination. Submitted views should represent the property as a whole. For buildings or structures, this includes exterior and interior views, general setting, outbuildings and landscape features. Color prints are acceptable for initial submissions. Please staple one photograph providing a complete view of the structure or property to the front of this sheet. Additional views should be submitted in a separate envelope or stapled to a continuation sheet. Maps Attach a printed or drawn locational map indicating the location of the property in relationship to streets, intersections or other widely recognized features so that the property can be accurately positioned. Show a north arrow. Include a scale or estimate distances where possible. Study: Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources Prepared by: Address: Telephone: Email: Date:

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NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

P.O. BOX 189, WATERFORD, NY 12188 (518) 237-8643

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM

8400 Tonawanda Creek Road

Erie Clarence

Residential

1836

653 Main Street, Suite 104, Buffalo, NY 14203

info@clintonbrowncompany.com January 2009

Residential

Clinton Brown Company Architecture, pc

(716) 852-2020

Brick chimney

Modern side gabled garage

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

Narrative Description of Property: Briefly describe the property and its setting. Include a verbal description of the location (e.g., north side of NY 17, west of Jones Road); a general description of the building, structure or feature including such items as architectural style (if known), number of stories, type and shape of roof (flat, gabled, mansard, shed or other), materials and landscape features. Identify and describe any associated buildings, structures or features on the property, such as garages, silos, privies, pools, and gravesites. Identify any known exterior and interior alterations such as additions, replacement windows, aluminum or vinyl siding or changes in plan. Include dates of construction and alteration, if known. Attach additional sheets as needed.

Narrative Description of Significance: Briefly describe those characteristics by which this property may be considered historically significant. Significance may include, but is not limited to, a structure being an intact representative of an architectural or engineering type or style (e.g., Gothic Revival style cottage, Pratt through-truss bridge); association with historic events or broad patterns of local, state or national history (e.g.; a cotton mill from a period of growth in local history, a seaside cottage representing a locale’s history as a resort community, a structure associated with activities of the “underground railroad.”); or by association with persons or organizations significant at a local, state or national level. Simply put, why is this property important to you and the community. Attach additional sheets as needed.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

IF YOU ARE PREPARING A NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS

The building at 8400 Tonawanda Creek Road is set on a standard lot located on the northwest side of the street between Burdick Road and Rapids Road. Tonawanda Creek Road is a residential east-west corridor in the north-east section of the Town of Clarence and this property abuts the creek. This 2-story, cross gabled, vernacular frame folk with Italianate period detailing has wood clapboard siding. Each of the cross gable blocks is two bays wide by two bays deep. A large two story addition is to the rear and a modern side gabled two car garage is to the west. The primary entrance is enframed and protected by an open porch with trim in the L. The fenestration is even, with segmental arched enframements and shuttering. The eaves have brackets and modest molding.

The building at 8400 Tonawanda Creek Road is significant as an early-mid nineteenth century farmhouse with Italianate influences.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NYS OPRHP HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET: 8400 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence NY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAPS: Erie County, GIS office, Town of Clarence NY

PHOTOGRAPH (Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources) NY_Erie County_ Town of Clarence_8400 Tonawanda Creek Road

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NY_Erie County_Town of Clarence_8400 Tonawanda Creek Road_Garage

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

IDENTIFICATION Property name (if any) St. Stephen’s United Church Address or Street Location County Town/City Village/Hamlet: Owner Address Original use Current use Architect/Builder, if known Date of construction, if known DESCRIPTION Materials – please check those materials that are visible

Exterior Walls: wood clapboard wood shingle vertical boards plywood

stone brick poured concrete concrete block

vinyl siding aluminum siding cement-asbestos other:

Roof: asphalt, shingle asphalt, roll wood shingle metal slate

Foundation: stone brick poured concrete concrete block Other materials and their location: Alterations, if known: Date:

Condition: excellent good fair deteriorated Photos Provide several clear, original photographs of the property proposed for nomination. Submitted views should represent the property as a whole. For buildings or structures, this includes exterior and interior views, general setting, outbuildings and landscape features. Color prints are acceptable for initial submissions. Please staple one photograph providing a complete view of the structure or property to the front of this sheet. Additional views should be submitted in a separate envelope or stapled to a continuation sheet. Maps Attach a printed or drawn locational map indicating the location of the property in relationship to streets, intersections or other widely recognized features so that the property can be accurately positioned. Show a north arrow. Include a scale or estimate distances where possible. Study: Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources Prepared by: Address: Telephone: Email: Date:

OFFICE USE ONLY USN:

NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

P.O. BOX 189, WATERFORD, NY 12188 (518) 237-8643

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM

8520 Tonawanda Creek Road

Erie Clarence

Religious

1862

653 Main Street, Suite 104, Buffalo, NY 14203

info@clintonbrowncompany.com January 2009

Religious

Clinton Brown Company Architecture, pc

(716) 852-2020

Accompanying parish house, associated cemetery dating to 1860, vinyl to base

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

Narrative Description of Property: Briefly describe the property and its setting. Include a verbal description of the location (e.g., north side of NY 17, west of Jones Road); a general description of the building, structure or feature including such items as architectural style (if known), number of stories, type and shape of roof (flat, gabled, mansard, shed or other), materials and landscape features. Identify and describe any associated buildings, structures or features on the property, such as garages, silos, privies, pools, and gravesites. Identify any known exterior and interior alterations such as additions, replacement windows, aluminum or vinyl siding or changes in plan. Include dates of construction and alteration, if known. Attach additional sheets as needed.

Narrative Description of Significance: Briefly describe those characteristics by which this property may be considered historically significant. Significance may include, but is not limited to, a structure being an intact representative of an architectural or engineering type or style (e.g., Gothic Revival style cottage, Pratt through-truss bridge); association with historic events or broad patterns of local, state or national history (e.g.; a cotton mill from a period of growth in local history, a seaside cottage representing a locale’s history as a resort community, a structure associated with activities of the “underground railroad.”); or by association with persons or organizations significant at a local, state or national level. Simply put, why is this property important to you and the community. Attach additional sheets as needed.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

IF YOU ARE PREPARING A NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS

The building at 8520 Tonawanda Creek Road is set on a non-standard lot, located on the northwest side of the street between Burdick Road and Rapids Road. Tonawanda Creek Road is a residential east-west corridor in the north-east section of the Town of Clarence. The building is a simple frame, vinyl sided chapel with adjacent, accompanying parish house of underlying character. The associated cemetery dates to near the same time, c. 1860.

The building at 8520 Tonawanda Creek Road is significant as a mid nineteenth century church with cemetery.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NYS OPRHP HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET: 8520 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence NY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAPS: Erie County, GIS office, Town of Clarence NY

PHOTOGRAPH (Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources) NY_Erie County_ Town of Clarence_8520 Tonawanda Creek Road

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NY_Erie County_Town of Clarence_8520 Tonawanda Creek Road_St. Stephan’s United Church_Cemetery

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

IDENTIFICATION Property name (if any) Address or Street Location County Town/City Village/Hamlet: Owner Address Original use Current use Architect/Builder, if known Date of construction, if known DESCRIPTION Materials – please check those materials that are visible

Exterior Walls: wood clapboard wood shingle vertical boards plywood

stone brick poured concrete concrete block

vinyl siding aluminum siding cement-asbestos other:

Roof: asphalt, shingle asphalt, roll wood shingle metal slate

Foundation: stone brick poured concrete concrete block Other materials and their location: Alterations, if known: Date:

Condition: excellent good fair deteriorated Photos Provide several clear, original photographs of the property proposed for nomination. Submitted views should represent the property as a whole. For buildings or structures, this includes exterior and interior views, general setting, outbuildings and landscape features. Color prints are acceptable for initial submissions. Please staple one photograph providing a complete view of the structure or property to the front of this sheet. Additional views should be submitted in a separate envelope or stapled to a continuation sheet. Maps Attach a printed or drawn locational map indicating the location of the property in relationship to streets, intersections or other widely recognized features so that the property can be accurately positioned. Show a north arrow. Include a scale or estimate distances where possible. Study: Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources Prepared by: Address: Telephone: Email: Date:

OFFICE USE ONLY USN:

NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

P.O. BOX 189, WATERFORD, NY 12188 (518) 237-8643

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM

8525 Tonawanda Creek Road

Erie Clarence

Residential

1940, Barns circa 1910

653 Main Street, Suite 104, Buffalo, NY 14203

info@clintonbrowncompany.com January 2009

Residential

Clinton Brown Company Architecture, pc

(716) 852-2020

Remaining barns of earlier date of 1910

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

Narrative Description of Property: Briefly describe the property and its setting. Include a verbal description of the location (e.g., north side of NY 17, west of Jones Road); a general description of the building, structure or feature including such items as architectural style (if known), number of stories, type and shape of roof (flat, gabled, mansard, shed or other), materials and landscape features. Identify and describe any associated buildings, structures or features on the property, such as garages, silos, privies, pools, and gravesites. Identify any known exterior and interior alterations such as additions, replacement windows, aluminum or vinyl siding or changes in plan. Include dates of construction and alteration, if known. Attach additional sheets as needed.

Narrative Description of Significance: Briefly describe those characteristics by which this property may be considered historically significant. Significance may include, but is not limited to, a structure being an intact representative of an architectural or engineering type or style (e.g., Gothic Revival style cottage, Pratt through-truss bridge); association with historic events or broad patterns of local, state or national history (e.g.; a cotton mill from a period of growth in local history, a seaside cottage representing a locale’s history as a resort community, a structure associated with activities of the “underground railroad.”); or by association with persons or organizations significant at a local, state or national level. Simply put, why is this property important to you and the community. Attach additional sheets as needed.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

IF YOU ARE PREPARING A NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS

The barns at 8525 Tonawanda Creek Road are set on a large, non-standard lot, located on the south side of the street between Burdick Road and Rapids Road. Tonawanda Creek Road is a residential east-west corridor in the north-east section of the Town of Clarence. One side gable barn, circa 1900, and a larger front gabled mid nineteenth century barn, the two connected with a one-story shed roofed link, are to the rear of a 1940s house. Other outbuildings, including a corncrib, are to the rear.

The barns at 8525 Tonawanda Creek Road are significant as mid nineteenth century to early twentieth century barns.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NYS OPRHP HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET: 8525 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence NY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAPS: Erie County, GIS office, Town of Clarence NY

PHOTOGRAPH (Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources) NY_Erie County_ 8525A Tonawanda Creek Road

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

IDENTIFICATION Property name (if any) Address or Street Location County Town/City Village/Hamlet: Owner Address Original use Current use Architect/Builder, if known Date of construction, if known DESCRIPTION Materials – please check those materials that are visible

Exterior Walls: wood clapboard wood shingle vertical boards plywood

stone brick poured concrete concrete block

vinyl siding aluminum siding cement-asbestos other:

Roof: asphalt, shingle asphalt, roll wood shingle metal slate

Foundation: stone brick poured concrete concrete block Other materials and their location: Alterations, if known: Date:

Condition: excellent good fair deteriorated Photos Provide several clear, original photographs of the property proposed for nomination. Submitted views should represent the property as a whole. For buildings or structures, this includes exterior and interior views, general setting, outbuildings and landscape features. Color prints are acceptable for initial submissions. Please staple one photograph providing a complete view of the structure or property to the front of this sheet. Additional views should be submitted in a separate envelope or stapled to a continuation sheet. Maps Attach a printed or drawn locational map indicating the location of the property in relationship to streets, intersections or other widely recognized features so that the property can be accurately positioned. Show a north arrow. Include a scale or estimate distances where possible. Study: Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources Prepared by: Address: Telephone: Email: Date:

OFFICE USE ONLY USN:

NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

P.O. BOX 189, WATERFORD, NY 12188 (518) 237-8643

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM

8585 Tonawanda Creek Road

Erie Clarence

Residential

1875

653 Main Street, Suite 104, Buffalo, NY 14203

info@clintonbrowncompany.com January 2009

Residential

Clinton Brown Company Architecture, pc

(716) 852-2020

Side brick chimney, several matching adapted outbuildings

Modest repairs

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

Narrative Description of Property: Briefly describe the property and its setting. Include a verbal description of the location (e.g., north side of NY 17, west of Jones Road); a general description of the building, structure or feature including such items as architectural style (if known), number of stories, type and shape of roof (flat, gabled, mansard, shed or other), materials and landscape features. Identify and describe any associated buildings, structures or features on the property, such as garages, silos, privies, pools, and gravesites. Identify any known exterior and interior alterations such as additions, replacement windows, aluminum or vinyl siding or changes in plan. Include dates of construction and alteration, if known. Attach additional sheets as needed.

Narrative Description of Significance: Briefly describe those characteristics by which this property may be considered historically significant. Significance may include, but is not limited to, a structure being an intact representative of an architectural or engineering type or style (e.g., Gothic Revival style cottage, Pratt through-truss bridge); association with historic events or broad patterns of local, state or national history (e.g.; a cotton mill from a period of growth in local history, a seaside cottage representing a locale’s history as a resort community, a structure associated with activities of the “underground railroad.”); or by association with persons or organizations significant at a local, state or national level. Simply put, why is this property important to you and the community. Attach additional sheets as needed.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

IF YOU ARE PREPARING A NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS

The building complex at 8585 Tonawanda Creek Road is set on a non-standard lot, located on the south side of the street between Burdick Road and Rapids Road. Tonawanda Creek Road is a residential east-west corridor in the north-east section of the Town of Clarence. This 2-story, cross gabled, vernacular frame folk building with Italianate detailing has wood clapboard siding. The east block is front gabled, two bays wide by three bays deep. The west block is side gabled, three bays wide by two bays deep. A large two story addition, possibly historic, is to the rear. An immense one story addition is to the rear of the historic addition. A modern garage and several matching, adapted outbuildings are to the west. The primary entrance is enframed and located in the east bay of the west block, beneath the open porch with modest trim in the L. Arched and segmental arched fenestration with enframements is evenly spaced and appears to be of original four over four double-hung windows.

The building at 8585 Tonawanda Creek Road is significant as a mid nineteenth century Italianate building with original detailing and fenestration.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NYS OPRHP HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET: 8585 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence NY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAPS: Erie County, GIS office, Town of Clarence NY

PHOTOGRAPH (Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources) NY_Erie County_ Town of Clarence_8585 Tonawanda Creek Road

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

IDENTIFICATION Property name (if any) Address or Street Location County Town/City Village/Hamlet: Owner Address Original use Current use Architect/Builder, if known Date of construction, if known DESCRIPTION Materials – please check those materials that are visible

Exterior Walls: wood clapboard wood shingle vertical boards plywood

stone brick poured concrete concrete block

vinyl siding aluminum siding cement-asbestos other:

Roof: asphalt, shingle asphalt, roll wood shingle metal slate

Foundation: stone brick poured concrete concrete block Other materials and their location: Alterations, if known: Date:

Condition: excellent good fair deteriorated Photos Provide several clear, original photographs of the property proposed for nomination. Submitted views should represent the property as a whole. For buildings or structures, this includes exterior and interior views, general setting, outbuildings and landscape features. Color prints are acceptable for initial submissions. Please staple one photograph providing a complete view of the structure or property to the front of this sheet. Additional views should be submitted in a separate envelope or stapled to a continuation sheet. Maps Attach a printed or drawn locational map indicating the location of the property in relationship to streets, intersections or other widely recognized features so that the property can be accurately positioned. Show a north arrow. Include a scale or estimate distances where possible. Study: Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources Prepared by: Address: Telephone: Email: Date:

OFFICE USE ONLY USN:

NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

P.O. BOX 189, WATERFORD, NY 12188 (518) 237-8643

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM

8745 Tonawanda Creek Road

Erie Clarence

Residential

1880

653 Main Street, Suite 104, Buffalo, NY 14203

info@clintonbrowncompany.com January 2009

Residential

Clinton Brown Company Architecture, pc

(716) 852-2020

Side exterior chimney, clapboard to base

Garage addition

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

Narrative Description of Property: Briefly describe the property and its setting. Include a verbal description of the location (e.g., north side of NY 17, west of Jones Road); a general description of the building, structure or feature including such items as architectural style (if known), number of stories, type and shape of roof (flat, gabled, mansard, shed or other), materials and landscape features. Identify and describe any associated buildings, structures or features on the property, such as garages, silos, privies, pools, and gravesites. Identify any known exterior and interior alterations such as additions, replacement windows, aluminum or vinyl siding or changes in plan. Include dates of construction and alteration, if known. Attach additional sheets as needed.

Narrative Description of Significance: Briefly describe those characteristics by which this property may be considered historically significant. Significance may include, but is not limited to, a structure being an intact representative of an architectural or engineering type or style (e.g., Gothic Revival style cottage, Pratt through-truss bridge); association with historic events or broad patterns of local, state or national history (e.g.; a cotton mill from a period of growth in local history, a seaside cottage representing a locale’s history as a resort community, a structure associated with activities of the “underground railroad.”); or by association with persons or organizations significant at a local, state or national level. Simply put, why is this property important to you and the community. Attach additional sheets as needed.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

IF YOU ARE PREPARING A NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS

The building at 8745 Tonawanda Creek Road is set on a large lot, located on the south side of the street between Westphalinger Road and Northfield Road. Tonawanda Creek Road is a residential east-west corridor in the north-east section of the Town of Clarence. This 2-story, cross gabled, vernacular frame folk building has period detailing and wood clapboard siding. The framed primary entrance is beneath the open porch in the L. The fenestration is even with enframements and there is a front bay. Several additions, one with prominent dormers.

The building at 8745 Tonawanda Creek Road is significant as a mid nineteenth century farmhouse.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency

NYS OPRHP HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET: 8745 Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence NY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAPS: Erie County, GIS office, Town of Clarence NY

PHOTOGRAPH (Town of Clarence Intensive Level Survey of Historic Resources) NY_Erie County_ Town of Clarence_8745 Tonawanda Creek Road