{"nrhp_refnum":"93000778","name":"Scheidemantel, George and Gladys, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"363 Oakwood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Aurora","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.76553204100003,"lon":-78.62140980299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Craftsman-style frame house at 363 Oakwood Avenue in East Aurora, Erie County, New York, built around 1910 by Roycroft head carpenter William Roth for George and Gladys Scheidemantel. It sits on a landscaped lot with a garage, pergola and stone retaining wall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding, highly intact example of Craftsman architecture and interior decoration as practiced by the Roycrofters. It is also tied to George Scheidemantel, head of the Roycroft Leather Shop from 1915 to 1918, whose leatherworking studio survives intact on the second floor. The Scheidemantels lived there until the 1980s, so many original furnishings remain.","narrative":"Built around 1910 in East Aurora, this Craftsman-style house at 363 Oakwood Avenue was constructed by William Roth, head carpenter at the nearby Roycroft community, for leather craftsman George Scheidemantel and his wife Gladys. Its exterior follows an American Foursquare form, with drop siding below and shingles above, a shed-roofed dormer, an inset porch with battered posts on stone piers, and its original dark green paint. Inside, the living and dining rooms retain beamed ceilings, paneled wainscoting, built-in furniture, a fieldstone fireplace and Roycroft copper pulls. George Scheidemantel led the Roycroft Leather Shop from 1915 to 1918 and later ran his own business, and his second-floor workshop still holds his tools, benches, books and samples. The couple lived here until the 1980s, which kept the house and its furnishings remarkably intact apart from 1950s kitchen and bathroom updates. It now serves as a museum of the Roycroft movement.","period_of_significance":"1910-1943","architect_builder":"William Roth","architectural_style":"Craftsman (combined with American Foursquare form)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Now houses the Elbert Hubbard Museum, with displays on the Roycroft movement; the house is described as preserved to an outstanding level.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.942702-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93000778.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000778/de006e9d44-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000778/de006e9d44-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScheidemantelHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScheidemantelHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317697","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_and_Gladys_Scheidemantel_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/scheidemantel-george-and-gladys-house-93000778/"}