{"nrhp_refnum":"86000691","name":"33-61 Emerson Place Row","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"33--61 Emerson Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.91306263400003,"lon":-78.86026825599998,"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 row of two identical seven-unit frame residential buildings at 33-61 Emerson Place in the Masten neighborhood of north central Buffalo, Erie County, New York, built in 1893 by Benjamin B. Rice.","why_significant":"It is one of a rare surviving group of speculative multi-unit frame residences designed to resemble rowhouses, and one of only four intact groups remaining in the Masten neighborhood. It is one of two surviving rows documented as built by the Rice family, the developers largely responsible for rows in the area from 1880 to 1910. It is also notable for its eclectic design and high level of craftsmanship.","narrative":"Two identical seven-unit frame buildings make up the row at 33-61 Emerson Place, on the south side of the street in Buffalo's Masten neighborhood. Benjamin B. Rice built them in 1893 after his family laid out the street around 1891. Designed to resemble rowhouses, they combine Colonial Revival, Shingle style and Eastlake features, including two-story bow windows, patterned shingle sheathing, denticulated cornices and molded entrance surrounds with scroll plinths. The row is one of only four intact groups of this kind of housing left in Masten, and one of two surviving rows documented as built by the Rice family, who developed much of the neighborhood between 1880 and 1910. Together with the nearby row at 17-21 Emerson Place, it forms the most intact period streetscape in the area. At the time of the nomination the buildings were vacant, boarded up and in disrepair, but they kept most of their original plan, form and detailing. The city of Buffalo had designated the row a local landmark in 1981.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Benjamin B. Rice (builder)","architectural_style":"Eclectic, incorporating Colonial Revival, Shingle style and Eastlake features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as vacant and in a state of disrepair, with windows and entrances boarded over, though most original architectural details survive. Declared a local landmark by Buffalo in 1981.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.058795-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000691.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000691/c81c6d54f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000691/c81c6d54f8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:33-61_Emerson_Place_Row,_Buffalo,_New_York,_December_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:33-61_Emerson_Place_Row,_Buffalo,_New_York,_December_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312729","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33-61_Emerson_Place_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4635123"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/33-61-emerson-place-row-86000691/"}