{"nrhp_refnum":"86000690","name":"Woodlawn Avenue Row","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"75--81 Woodlawn Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.91381686600005,"lon":-78.86207981399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-unit frame rowhouse building at 75-81 Woodlawn Avenue, at the corner of Michigan Avenue in the Masten neighborhood of north central Buffalo, built in 1898 by developer Louis F. Lautenslager.","why_significant":"It is one of only four intact groups of frame multi-unit rows left in the Masten neighborhood, the only part of Buffalo where such rows were built in any number. It is a highly detailed, well-crafted example of Stick style architecture and the most decorative of the surviving frame rows. It illustrates an approach to standardized urban housing in the late nineteenth century.","narrative":"Built in 1898 on the south side of Woodlawn Avenue at Michigan Avenue in Buffalo's Masten neighborhood, this row of four frame houses was put up by speculative developer Louis F. Lautenslager at a cost of $7,500. It once held seven identical units, but three end units were demolished around 1950. The row is finished in narrow clapboard under a slate mansard roof with a denticulated cornice, projecting eaves, bay windows, and dormers carved with floral motifs. Even the rear elevation carries lattice panels, cross-buck patterns, and bracketed entrance canopies. Inside, the original floor plan survives, along with built-in cupboards, window seats, oak woodwork, decorative fireplace surrounds, and elaborate stairways. A restoration in the early 1980s recovered much of the original look, though the enclosed entrance porches and wrought-iron cresting were not replaced. It is valued as one of four surviving groups of frame rows in a neighborhood where this housing type was concentrated, and as a fine example of Stick style design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Louis F. Lautenslager","architectural_style":"Stick style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in the early 1980s; in residential use, in fair condition. Three end units were demolished c. 1950 and the original porches were removed c. 1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.813634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000690.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000690/4f2378474e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000690/4f2378474e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_Avenue_Row,_Buffalo,_New_York,_December_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_Avenue_Row,_Buffalo,_New_York,_December_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312759","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_Avenue_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033003"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/woodlawn-avenue-row-86000690/"}