{"nrhp_refnum":"09000038","name":"House at 520 Hostageh Road","other_names":["Lyndhurst"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"520 Hostageh Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rock City","county":"Cattaraugus County","state":"NY","lat":42.01722618300005,"lon":-78.47096578899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story, cedar-shingled Craftsman-style cottage at 520 Hostageh Road in the hamlet of Rock City, Cattaraugus County, New York, built in 1903 as a seasonal residence. Also known as Lyndhurst, it sits on a 1.30-acre lot with a gambrel-roofed barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cottage is architecturally significant as an intact, representative early twentieth-century Craftsman house in Rock City. It combines Craftsman features with Swiss cottage and Carpenter Gothic elements and retains much original interior woodwork. It is also tied to the development of Rock City Park, a trolley park opened in 1901.","narrative":"Lyndhurst, the house at 520 Hostageh Road in Rock City, Cattaraugus County, was built in 1903 as a seasonal cottage. It is a frame building clad in cedar shingles, rising two and a half stories under hipped roofs, with an L-shaped front porch. Its flared roof, deep overhangs, knee braces and decorative verge board give it the look of a Swiss chalet within a Craftsman design. Inside, oak floors, fir wainscoting, original panel doors, gas fireplaces and leaded glass windows survive, along with two sleeping porches under the attic eaves. The house sits on a wooded 1.30-acre lot with a gambrel-roofed barn that includes the original privy. It was listed for its architecture, as an intact early example of the Craftsman style in a hamlet where few early houses keep their integrity. Rock City grew around a trolley park that opened in 1901. The house was converted to year-round use in 2006 with insulation, storm windows and radiant floor heating.","period_of_significance":"1903","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements: Craftsman, Swiss Cottage","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Converted from a seasonal cottage to a year-round residence in 2006; currently in residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.771273-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000038.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000038/126bcc71bf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000038/126bcc71bf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_520_Hostageh_Road_Aug_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_520_Hostageh_Road_Aug_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316650","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_520_Hostageh_Road","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914381"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cattaraugus-county/house-at-520-hostageh-road-09000038/"}