{"nrhp_refnum":"99001411","name":"Liebler-Rohl Gasoline Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5500 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.89954348400005,"lon":-78.66611331099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story masonry former gasoline station at 5500 Broadway in the Village of Lancaster, Erie County, New York, built about 1935 on a corner lot east of the central business district.","why_significant":"It is the Village of Lancaster's only surviving example of historic twentieth-century roadside commercial architecture. It is also a locally rare and distinctive example of Tudor Revival style. It reflects the transition between picturesque gas stations of the late 1920s and early 1930s and the later streamlined box stations.","narrative":"Built around 1935 at 5500 Broadway in Lancaster, New York, this tiny masonry building began as a gasoline station. It covers only 312 square feet and sits on a flat corner lot about three blocks east of the village's business district. Its stucco walls, slate hipped roof, round-arched openings with dark red brick trim, a bay window, and a gable with a clock and half-timbering give it a Tudor Revival character. Contractor John Rademacher, a leading western New York builder, constructed it, and the Liebler and later Rohl families operated the business. The station kept its original use into the 1960s, later became a gift shop, and now operates as a seasonal ice cream shop. Its significance lies in architecture: it is the village's only example of historic twentieth-century roadside commercial design and a rare local example of Tudor Revival. It reflects the move from picturesque stations of the late 1920s toward streamlined box stations.","period_of_significance":"c. 1935-1949","architect_builder":"Rademacher, John T., builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Adapted from its original use; retains a high degree of architectural integrity and serves as a seasonal ice cream shop. Pumps and pump island have been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.299106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001411/5cf0c421eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001411/5cf0c421eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shinerunner (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liebler-Rohl_Station.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shinerunner (talk)</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:Liebler-Rohl_Station.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312761","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebler-Rohl_Gasoline_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6543908"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/liebler-rohl-gasoline-station-99001411/"}