{"nrhp_refnum":"09000555","name":"Entranceway at Main Street at High Park Boulevard","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Main St. at High Parl Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amherst","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.96645646600007,"lon":-78.79983411699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A suburban subdivision entranceway of stone posts, quarter-height ashlar walls and lantern fixtures, at Main Street and High Park Boulevard in Eggertsville, Town of Amherst, Erie County, New York. It was built about 1916 for developer Charles S. Burkhardt.","why_significant":"The entranceway is an intact and relatively rare early residential subdivision entrance. It reflects how the rural Town of Amherst became a residential suburb of Buffalo, and the wider national growth of suburbs. Developers used such stone entrances as marketing tools to suggest exclusive country estates, and this one remains in its original location, design and materials.","narrative":"At the corner of Main Street and High Park Boulevard in Eggertsville, a set of stone posts, low ashlar walls and metal-and-glass lanterns marks the entrance to a residential subdivision. Built around 1916, the entranceway has a central feature across the boulevard median and two matching groupings on either side. Square stone posts with chamfered bases and cast concrete caps anchor curved, buttressed walls. It was created for the High Park development by local builder and developer Charles S. Burkhardt, who later laid out Audubon Terrace. Developers of the period used stone walls, gateposts and lanterns to suggest grand country estates and to appeal to upper middle class buyers leaving Buffalo. This example is considered intact and relatively rare. It remains in its original location with its original design and materials, and it still serves its original function. Its listing recognizes its link to the suburban growth of Amherst and to wider patterns of suburbanization, as well as its architecture and landscape design.","period_of_significance":"c.1916","architect_builder":"Charles S. Buckhardt, Developer (designers of the entranceway not determined)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition and still serving its original function of marking the entrance to a residential subdivision; the only known change to its setting was the widening of Main Street in the late 1920s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.740411-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000555/57693cb205-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000555/57693cb205-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entranceway_at_Main_Street_at_High_Park_Boulevard_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entranceway_at_Main_Street_at_High_Park_Boulevard_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312783","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entranceway_at_Main_Street_at_High_Park_Boulevard","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5380678"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/entranceway-at-main-street-at-high-park-boulevard-09000555/"}