Maloney House
Why it's listed
Built in the 1850s on Lockport's north side, this one-and-one-half-story house is made of Gasport Limestone. Its street front is dressed, regularly coursed ashlar with large sawed quoins, dressed lintels and sills, and six-over-six windows. The side and rear walls are uncoursed rubble finished with tuckpointing, a mortar treatment meant to imitate tooled ashlar, though weathering has removed much of it. A twentieth-century wood-frame wing and a garage are noncontributing. Inside, the plan centers on an open stair with an octagonal newel post, and nineteenth-century trim, plaster and two-panel doors survive. City directories show Patrick Maloney, a stone mason, living there by 1860, and his widow stayed until 1922. The house was listed because it represents the small, simple stone dwellings built by working and middle-class Lockport families between about 1830 and 1860, most of which have since been demolished, deteriorated or heavily altered.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is an intact example of Lockport's modest nineteenth-century domestic stone architecture under Criterion C. It shows the local type of an ashlar-faced front with uncoursed rubble secondary walls. It is also a rare survivor of the working-class stone cottages once common in the city's northern half.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 03000481, listed May 30, 2003. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 279 Caledonia St., Lockport |
|---|---|
| County | Niagara County |
| Listed | May 30, 2003 |
| Reference number | 03000481 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1858-1922 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Used as a single dwelling; the form lists both historic and current function as domestic/single dwelling. |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Coordinates | 43.17260, -78.70360 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 03000481.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6744521
- This listing as JSON
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