National Register of Historic Places listings in Niagara Falls, New York facts for kids

Location of Niagara Falls in New York

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Niagara Falls, New York.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Niagara Falls, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.

There are 82 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Niagara County. The city of Niagara Falls is the location of 29 of these properties and districts; they are listed here, while the remaining 53 properties and districts are listed separately.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Contents: Counties in New York

Albany (Albany) – Allegany – Bronx – Broome – Cattaraugus – Cayuga – Chautauqua – Chemung – Chenango – Clinton – Columbia – Cortland – Delaware – Dutchess (Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck) – Erie (Buffalo) – Essex – Franklin – Fulton – Genesee – Greene – Hamilton – Herkimer – Jefferson – Kings – Lewis – Livingston – Madison – Monroe (Rochester) – Montgomery – Nassau – New York (Below 14th Street, 14th to 59th Streets, 59th to 110th Streets, Above 110th Street, Islands) – Niagara – Oneida – Onondaga (Syracuse) – Ontario – Orange – Orleans – Oswego – Otsego – Putnam – Queens – Rensselaer – Richmond – Rockland – St. Lawrence – Saratoga – Schenectady – Schoharie – Schuyler – Seneca – Steuben – Suffolk – Sullivan – Tioga – Tompkins – Ulster – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Westchester (Northern, Southern, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers) – Wyoming – Yates

Listings city-wide

Legend:       National Register of Historic Places listing       National Historic Landmark       Historic district       National Historic Landmark District

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Adams Power Plant Transformer House		01975-06-11June 11, 1975 (#75001212)	Buffalo Ave. near Portage Rd. 43°04′54″N 79°02′34″W	Niagara Falls	McKim, Mead, and White designed structure from the first alternating current electric generating plant in the world; constructed in 1895.
2	Chilton Avenue-Orchard Parkway Historic District		02010-08-30August 30, 2010 (#10000771)	Portions of Chilton Avenue and Orchard Parkway 43°06′02″N 79°03′17″W	Niagara Falls
3	Deveaux School Historic District		01974-06-05June 5, 1974 (#74001281)	2900 Lewiston Rd. 43°07′N 79°04′W	Niagara Falls	Campus of school for impoverished boys; later boys prep school.
4	First Presbyterian Church		02014-04-11April 11, 2014 (#14000145)	311 1st St., Rainbow Blvd., N. 43°05′12″N 79°03′41″W	Niagara Falls
5	First Presbyterian Manse		02012-06-27June 27, 2012 (#12000367)	162 Buffalo Ave. 43°04′59″N 79°03′36″W	Niagara Falls
6	First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara		02007-01-25January 25, 2007 (#06001301)	639 Main St. 43°05′44″N 79°03′24″W	Niagara Falls	Classical Revival style constructed in 1921-1922.
7	Former Niagara Falls High School		02002-01-24January 24, 2002 (#01001507)	1201 Pine Ave. 43°05′36″N 79°02′08″W	Niagara Falls	High school built in 1923-1924; now community arts center.
8	Holley-Rankine House		01979-10-04October 4, 1979 (#79003793)	525 Riverside Dr. 43°04′53″N 79°03′20″W	Niagara Falls	Gothic Revival cottage built about 1855; now operated as a bed and breakfast.
9	Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Complex		02010-06-11June 11, 2010 (#10000334)	1419 Falls St. 43°05′13″N 79°02′39″W	Niagara Falls
10	Jefferson Apartment Building		02005-01-05January 5, 2005 (#04001452)	250 Rainbow Blvd. 43°05′10″N 79°03′33″W	Niagara Falls	Eight story brick apartment building constructed in 1926.
11	Mount St. Mary's Hospital		02015-12-22December 22, 2015 (#15000922)	515 6th St. Coordinates missing	Niagara Falls	Early 20th century building reflects growing Catholic immigrant population
12	The Niagara		02008-12-05December 5, 2008 (#08001145)	201 Rainbow Blvd. 43°05′06″N 79°03′40″W	Niagara Falls	Former hotel building.
13	Niagara Falls Armory		01995-03-02March 2, 1995 (#95000076)	901 Main St. 43°05′51″N 79°03′14″W	Niagara Falls	Castellated armory building constructed in 1895; part of the Multiple Property Submission for Army National Guard Armories in New York State.
14	Niagara Falls City Hall		02001-01-26January 26, 2001 (#00001688)	745 Main St. 43°05′45″N 79°03′19″W	Niagara Falls	Beaux-Arts style municipal building constructed in 1923-1924.
15	Niagara Falls Public Library		01974-06-05June 5, 1974 (#74001282)	1022 Main St. 43°05′56″N 79°03′16″W	Niagara Falls	Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded library constructed in 1902-1904; now city offices.
16	Niagara Falls School District Administration Building		02014-12-10December 10, 2014 (#14001020)	607 Walnut St. 43°05′34″N 79°03′19″W	Niagara Falls	1928 Classical Revival building constructed when two village school districts were merged into one city district
17	Niagara Reservation		01966-10-15October 15, 1966 (#66000555)	Niagara Reservation 43°04′54″N 79°03′55″W	Niagara Falls	Oldest state park in the United States, established in 1885.
18	Oakwood Cemetery		02014-09-10September 10, 2014 (#14000581)	763 Portage Rd. 43°05′49″N 79°03′00″W	Niagara Falls	1852 cemetery has special section for people who went over the falls in a barrel
19	Park Place Historic District		02010-10-01October 1, 2010 (#10000809)	Park Place, portions of Prince Ave., 4th St., and Main St. 43°05′44″N 79°03′25″W	Niagara Falls
20	St. Mary's Nurses' Residence		02004-07-16July 16, 2004 (#04000711)	542 6th St. 43°05′35″N 79°03′21″W	Niagara Falls	Brick residence hall constructed in 1928.
21	Schoellkopf Power Station No . 3 Site		02013-02-20February 20, 2013 (#13000029)	East bank of Niagara River; 1,600 feet (490 m) downriver from Rainbow Bridge 43°05′36″N 79°03′44″W	Niagara Falls	Stone wall is most visible remnant of power plant whose 1956 collapse into the river cleared the way for development of Niagara Power Project, considered culmination of effort to put utilities in public hands.
22	Hazard H. Sheldon House		02011-05-11May 11, 2011 (#11000275)	539 4th St. 43°05′31″N 79°03′28″W	Niagara Falls	Italian Villa style stone dwelling built about 1857.
23	Town of Niagara District School No. 2		02005-02-09February 9, 2005 (#05000021)	9670 Lockport Rd. 43°07′18″N 78°57′03″W	Niagara Falls	One room school built in 1878.
24	U.S. Customhouse (Niagara Falls)		01973-07-16July 16, 1973 (#73001227)	2245 Whirlpool St. 43°06′35″N 79°03′21″W	Niagara Falls	Stone customhouse constructed in 1863.
25	United Office Building		02006-01-18January 18, 2006 (#05001537)	220 Rainbow Blvd. 43°05′14″N 79°03′45″W	Niagara Falls	Art deco 20 story skyscraper completed in 1929.
26	US Post Office-Niagara Falls Main		01989-05-11May 11, 1989 (#88002379)	Main and Walnut Sts. 43°05′34″N 79°03′25″W	Niagara Falls	Post office built in 1904-1907; part of the Multiple Property Submission for the US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943.
27	Whitney Mansion		01974-01-17January 17, 1974 (#74001283)	335 Buffalo Ave. 43°04′54″N 79°03′31″W	Niagara Falls	Two story Greek Revival stone structure built in 1849.
28	Johann Williams Farm		01980-01-10January 10, 1980 (#80002730)	10831 Cayuga Dr. 43°05′29″N 78°56′36″W	Niagara Falls	Farmhouse and related outbuildings dating to 1840s.