{"nrhp_refnum":"11000998","name":"Sommers, John P. House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"33 Lake Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.900166943000045,"lon":-78.66820152899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne style wood-frame single-family house at 33 Lake Avenue in the Village of Lancaster, Erie County, New York, built in 1906 for John P. Sommers.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C in architecture as an example of Queen Anne residential design in the Village of Lancaster. It displays hallmark features of the style, including a corner tower, full-width porch, clapboard walls with shingled gable ends, and a Palladian window. It also retains much of its original interior woodwork and layout.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at 33 Lake Avenue in Lancaster, New York, this two-and-one-half-story wood-frame house was commissioned by John P. Sommers, a local electrician, businessman and former deputy sheriff and town clerk. It follows the Queen Anne style, with a five-sided corner tower, a full-width front porch, clapboard walls, shingled gable ends, ornate dormers and a large Palladian window on the south side. Inside, a central hall organizes rooms linked by pocket doors, and dark stained woodwork, original paneled doors and brass hardware survive. Sommers sold the house to his sister in 1908 and his family continued to rent it. Later owners covered the exterior in aluminum siding, which was removed in a restoration that revealed the original clapboards and shingles. A garage on the lot was built after the period of significance. The house was listed for its architecture as a well-preserved local example of the style.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains a private single-family residence; the exterior was restored after aluminum siding and a metal porch balustrade were removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.40937-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000998.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000998/de7a8798a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000998/de7a8798a8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_P._Sommers_House_Apr_12.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_P._Sommers_House_Apr_12.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312753","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Sommers_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6251709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/sommers-john-p-house-11000998/"}