{"nrhp_refnum":"05001379","name":"Entranceways at Main Street at Lamarck Drive and Smallwood Drive","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Main St. at Lamarck Dr. and Smallwood Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amherst","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.96244851300003,"lon":-78.77405703099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A set of stone suburban subdivision entranceways on the north and south sides of Main Street (New York Route 5) at Lamarck Drive and Smallwood Drive in the Town of Amherst, Erie County, New York, built circa 1926 for the Audubon Terrace subdivisions.","why_significant":"The entranceways are argued to be intact, relatively rare, early twentieth-century Tudor Revival subdivision entranceways (Criteria A and C). They are tied to Amherst's change from a rural town into a residential suburb of Buffalo, and to the wider national pattern of suburbanization shaped by new modes of transportation.","narrative":"Four groupings of stone structures mark the entrances to the Audubon Terrace subdivisions along Main Street (Route 5) in Amherst, New York. Built around 1926 by developer Charles S. Burkhardt, they sit at Lamarck Drive and Smallwood Drive. At Lamarck Drive, tall limestone posts carry cut-metal silhouette signs, one showing a Native American camp and the other a Tudor Revival house, flanked by low stone half-walls. At Smallwood Drive, octagonal gatehouses with heavy timber columns and steep copper roofs topped with bird weathervanes probably sheltered people waiting for trolleys to Buffalo. Both designs show Tudor Revival influences. They were listed as relatively rare, intact examples of subdivision entranceways that advertised new residential developments as the once-rural town became a Buffalo suburb. The structures remain in their original location and still serve as entrances, in fair condition despite altered light fixtures and some poor repairs.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1926-1955","architect_builder":"Charles S. Burkhardt, Developer","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition, with historic integrity and still serving its original function of marking the subdivision entrances; some changes to light fixtures and some poorly executed repairs are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.603033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001379.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001379/0802b7b7f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001379/0802b7b7f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TonyTheTiger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20090412_Entranceways_at_Main_Street_at_Lamarck_Drive_and_Smallwood_Drive_from_east.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TonyTheTiger</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20090412_Entranceways_at_Main_Street_at_Lamarck_Drive_and_Smallwood_Drive_from_east.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312793","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entranceways_at_Main_Street_at_Lamarck_Drive_and_Smallwood_Drive","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5380683"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/entranceways-at-main-street-at-lamarck-drive-and-smallwood-drive-05001379/"}