{"nrhp_refnum":"06000565","name":"Diebolt, Edward A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"62 Niagara Falls Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.96485606700003,"lon":-78.82291665799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Colonial Revival frame house at 62 Niagara Falls Boulevard in the University Heights area of northern Buffalo, Erie County, New York, built about 1922-23 as a single-family dwelling with a detached rear garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact, representative example of a standardized Colonial Revival house of the post-World War I era, closely resembling the Standard Homes \"Esterbrook\" model. It reflects the spread of plan-book and mail-order houses and the growing role of the automobile in middle-class home life. It also retains its original floor plan and most early woodwork.","narrative":"Built about 1922-23 at 62 Niagara Falls Boulevard in Buffalo, this two-story Colonial Revival house sits on a 40-by-120-foot lot with a driveway leading to a rear garage for two cars. Cedar shingles cover the walls, and a gable roof tops the main block, with an enclosed porch on the east and a flat-roofed wing on the west. Edward A. Diebolt, a vice-president of the John L. Schwartz Brewery, obtained the building permit in 1922 and lived here until his death in 1937. The house closely resembles the Standard Homes \"Esterbrook\" model, one of the plan-book designs that gave middle-class families an affordable alternative to custom architecture. Its original center-hall plan and early woodwork survive. The house stands on a brick-paved boulevard laid out as an early automobile suburb near the University at Buffalo's South Campus. It was listed for its architectural significance as a well-preserved example of standardized post-World War I housing.","period_of_significance":"1922-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form says it retains complete integrity, with the kitchen the only substantially changed room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.074938-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000565.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000565/4302b5fac1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000565/4302b5fac1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_A._Diebolt_House_Dec_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_A._Diebolt_House_Dec_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317594","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._Diebolt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5341450"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/diebolt-edward-a-house-06000565/"}