{"nrhp_refnum":"09000287","name":"House at 8 Berkley Drive","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 Berkley Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lockport","county":"Niagara County","state":"NY","lat":43.157508644000075,"lon":-78.68766570599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story single-family house at 8 Berkley Drive in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, built in 1957 and designed by architect Duane Lyman in a midcentury style with Prairie and Frank Lloyd Wright references.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a distinctive, architect-designed midcentury residence that blends Prairie-style references with the amenities a 1950s client wanted. It was designed by Lockport native Duane Lyman for a client who admired Frank Lloyd Wright. It retains most of its original fixtures, finishes and built-in cabinetry, and its plan mixes Prairie and Usonian ideas.","narrative":"Built in 1957 on a wooded 0.52-acre lot in a residential neighborhood of Lockport, this two-story house was designed by local architect Duane Lyman for a client who admired Frank Lloyd Wright. The main block is faced in narrow Roman brick with a limestone string-course, while the sides and rear use cedar shake and redwood boards. Low hipped roofs with deep overhangs, ribbon windows, casements and brick-and-stone planters flanking the porch echo Prairie design, though the house also resembles a midcentury ranch or split-level. A one-story garage and service wing give it an asymmetrical form. Inside, the plan wraps around a central kitchen and long hallways, a layout the nomination compares to Wright's Usonian houses. About 4,936 square feet, it keeps custom oak built-ins, an intercom, recessed lighting and colorful ceramic-tiled bathrooms. The house was listed for its architecture and its well-preserved 1950s character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Duane Lyman (architect)","architectural_style":"Other; midcentury house with Prairie/Wrightian references","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling and described as retaining most of its original fixtures and finishes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.622453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000287/3b0eee804c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000287/3b0eee804c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_8_Berkley_Drive_Jun_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_8_Berkley_Drive_Jun_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_8_Berkley_Drive","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706444"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/niagara-county/house-at-8-berkley-drive-09000287/"}