{"nrhp_refnum":"04000709","name":"Marshall, James G., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"740 Park Place","address_restricted":false,"city":"Niagara Falls","county":"Niagara County","state":"NY","lat":43.09777570500006,"lon":-79.06937466599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick, stucco and shingle Arts and Crafts residence at 740 Park Place in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, built in 1913 to designs by local architect Simon Larke, with a 1916 brick garage.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an intact example of Arts and Crafts residential design, with a level of finish unique among surviving downtown Niagara Falls homes (Criterion C). It was also built for James G. Marshall, an internationally recognized inventor and industrialist who contributed to the city's early 20th-century industrial expansion (Criterion B).","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 740 Park Place in Niagara Falls, this three-story Arts and Crafts house was designed by local architect Simon Larke for James G. Marshall, an inventor and industrialist active in the city's electrometallurgical industry. It has a high stone basement, a brick-faced hollow tile structure, half-timbered and shingled upper floors, broad bracketed eaves and a full-width tile front porch. Inside, quartered oak beams, pilasters, bookcases and wainscoting define the principal rooms, while the upper floors use gumwood and yellow pine. Original light fixtures, built-in cabinetry and early technology such as a central vacuum system remain in evidence. A brick garage dates from 1916, and an elevator was added in 1952. The house is valued as an intact and unusually refined example of its style among downtown Niagara Falls residences, and for its link to Marshall's role in the city's early industrial growth.","period_of_significance":"1913-1952","architect_builder":"Simon and Russell Larke","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements/Bungalow/Craftsman (Arts and Crafts)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling/bed and breakfast; interior largely in original configuration, with an elevator added in 1952 and two bathrooms added in 1997.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.164255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000709.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000709/aede2a5051-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000709/aede2a5051-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marshall_House_Jun_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marshall_House_Jun_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320123","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Marshall_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6134374"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/niagara-county/marshall-james-g-house-04000709/"}