National Hotel

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Exterior - National Hotel
2003 Tenth Street, Niagara Falls, NY

Research by Mary Ann and Bill Rolland

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The National Hotel was built in 1854 in the village of Suspension Bridge, now part of Niagara Falls.	In 1882, Angelina married Canadian Robert Allen and expanded the house with a one story wood framed addition on the north end.	Greek Revival period house	Engaged columns are substitutes for side lights

A six inch sandstone water table	Stone lintels and sills	The north, one story frame addition and porch date from 1882

Vaguely Victorian bracket and Tuscan style column

Cleveland Avenue	Cleveland Avenue	Cleveland Avenue	Cleveland Avenue

The south entrance was modified in 1856 to create a saloon.		The gable roof has large overhanging eves, similar to later Victorian buildings, but without brackets or other ornamentations.

The central entrance on 10th Street was greatly altered, without the glass sidelights (for security reasons).	The unusual entry with two doors possibly allowed ladies a separate entrance.	The large openings on the south were built in 1856 to create a saloon, but the large glass windows have been changed to reflect the current residential character.	Stone lintels and sills. 1890s east frame addition: The one story frame east wing is also clapboard built in the early 1890's over a crawl space with a flat roof.

The National Hotel was built in 1854 in the village of Suspension Bridge, now part of Niagara Falls.

The hotel was built of native stone, with 18 inch thick walls. It has five bays with central entrance facing 10th Street (originally West Street) and 3 bays with a central entrance facing Cleveland Avenue (originally called Erie Ave.)

Two very unusual entry doors are found in the large center opening in the saloon building on Cleveland Avenue Possibly they were placed in such a way so women could enter the parlor and men could enter the saloon.

In 1882, Angelina married Canadian Robert Allen and expanded the house with a one story wood framed addition on the north end. They had two children. When Angelina died in 1890,Robert decided to build a second wing on the east to allow a separate family to live in the house. That two family arrangement has been restored in the 2003 revival of the National Hotel.

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