Holley-Rankine House
525 Riverside Drive, Niagara Falls, NY
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Erected: |
Late 1850s-1860s |
Stlyle: |
Gothic Revival cottage |
Status: |
National Register of Historic Places |
The Holley-Rankine House in Niagara Falls faces the Niagara River (background) near Goat Island. The Robert Moses Parkway cuts off the view of the river. |
Note the Queen Anne style house next door. |
The two and one-half story Gothic Revival cottage has an irregular ground plan | |
In the center of the second floor is a window (lighting a bathroom) with a slightly pointed head (made of two roughly cut stones) and a small Gothic balcony. |
Beneath the apex of the gable, a cusped round arch window lights the attic. |
Pointed trefoil design in bracket |
All eaves are widely overhanging |
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Two large chimneys straddle the ridge of the main block |
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The severely simple wooden super structure of the veranda at right is, however, a remodeling of an earlier Gothic style porch. |
The primary entrance is at the northwest angle of this western wing. Here two pointed arches create a corner entrance porch. |
To the right of the arched portal is a casement window (opening onto the vestibule) with simple Gothic tracery in the head and a flat stone lintel. |
It seems likely that the north wing of the building is older than the larger Gothic main block of the house. |
A hooded entrance - with a king post - at the western corner of the ground floor gives access to a back stair hall. |
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To the north of the house, and set well back from the street, is the former stable |