{"nrhp_refnum":"12000956","name":"Lewis, Harry and Molly, House","other_names":["Fiber Products Research Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9520 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaver Falls","county":"Lewis County","state":"NY","lat":43.886460327000066,"lon":-75.42597767199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Colonial Revival house built in 1909-10 for Harry and Molly Lewis on East Main Street in the hamlet of Beaver Falls, Lewis County, New York, with a brick garage, workshop, and historic water pumping system.","why_significant":"The nomination cites Criteria A and C, with architecture and industry as areas of significance. The house embodies Colonial Revival design and was home to a family whose J.P. Lewis Company paper and fiber board businesses employed hundreds in Beaver Falls. It later housed the Fiber Products Research Center, which held a patent in 1962.","narrative":"Built in 1909-10 for Harry and Molly Lewis, this brick Colonial Revival house sits on a rise between East Main Street and the Beaver River in Beaver Falls, Lewis County. It has a five-bay main block with a long rear ell, hipped roofs, and a two-story pedimented portico with Ionic columns. Cast stone sills and lintels, dentil cornices, and bracketed eaves appear throughout. Inside, the entry hall has a coffered ceiling and paneled wainscoting, and the library is paneled in oak. A brick garage, a brick workshop, and an unused water pumping system with a stand pipe date from the same period. The house is tied to the J.P. Lewis Company and affiliated firms, which made paperboard and fiber products and by the mid-1960s employed over 550 people in the village. Part of the property also served as the Fiber Products Research Center, which received a 1962 patent for coated aluminum foil. The Lewises were also local philanthropists.","period_of_significance":"1909-62","architect_builder":"Charles Wisner & Sons.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic functions were single dwelling and research facility; current function is listed as single dwelling. The historic water pumping system is unused but extant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.881688-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000956.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318581","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_and_Molly_Lewis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091874"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/lewis-county/lewis-harry-and-molly-house-12000956/"}