Nathan Comstock Jr. House

	Nathan Comstock Jr. House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Nathan Comstock Jr. House, July 2015
Location	299 Old Niagara Rd.,; Lockport, New York
Coordinates	43°11′14″N78°40′47″W / 43.18722°N 78.67972°W Coordinates: 43°11′14″N78°40′47″W / 43.18722°N 78.67972°W
Area	about 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	c. 1823-1829, c. 1907
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Stone Buildings of Lockport, New York MPS
NRHP reference No.	11000707
Added to NRHP	September 29, 2011

Last updated September 29, 2022

The Nathan Comstock Jr. House (also known as the Odd Fellows Orphanage) is a historic house located at 299 Old Niagara Road in Lockport, Niagara County, New York.

Description and history

The home is one of the first stone houses built in Lockport between 1823 and 1829, and is a two-story, five-bay wide dwelling built of native limestone in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has an overhanging side gable roof. The original house was built of excess stone excavated for the Erie Canal. The house was said to have been a part of the Underground Railroad, with many runaway slaves using it as refuge. In about 1900, a large, two-story, rear brick wing was added to accommodate orphaned children of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows members. From 1907 to 1944, the building was used as the Odd Fellows Orphanage. It is believed that the Niagara grape was developed on a portion of the over 800 acre Comstock farm, sold to Obadiah P. Hoag about 1825. Claudius L. Hoag, son of Obadiah traveled to Canada to learn how to hybridize grapes. The house and farm was sold to former Congressman Lewis Eaton in 1830.^[2] The house had been abandoned from the 1980s until about 2011, when the current owners renovated it. It won the Preservation Award from Preservation Buffalo Niagara.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 2011.^[1]

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References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2011-10-07.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Virginia L. Bartos (June 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Nathan Comstock Jr. House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying 10 photographs
↑ https://www.buffalorising.com/2012/04/preservation-award-winner-lockports-nathan-comstock-jr-house/amp/

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[nps-1] 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2011-10-07.

[NysNrhpNom-2] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Virginia L. Bartos (June 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Nathan Comstock Jr. House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying 10 photographs

[3] ttps://www.buffalorising.com/2012/04/preservation-award-winner-lockports-nathan-comstock-jr-house/amp/

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