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Abraham Maurer House, Route 664, approximately 1400 feet East of Jay Street Bridge, Lockport, Clinton County, PA

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Abraham Maurer House, Route 664, approximately 1400 feet East of Jay Street Bridge, Lockport, Clinton County, PA

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Summary

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Significance: The Abraham Maurer House is an example of the 19th century vernacular canal-era housing of Lower Lockport. As collection, the canal-era houses of Lower Lockport exhibit simple design and minimal ornamental detailing. They also share similar two-story, side-gabled massing and a uniform setback from the road. Specifically, the mid 19th century Abraham Maurer House displays these characteristics in a vernacular frame design, which is distinguished by elaborate scroll-work porch details...
Survey number: HABS PA-5530
Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1900 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1972 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cleveland, M Todd, project manager
Tucher, Rob, photographer
Cremer, Jill, delineator
Nabors, Susan C, historian
Abbot, Martin B, historian
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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