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Spaulding Sidway Boathouse

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Built
  
1870

Opened
  
1870

Added to NRHP
  
20 May 1998

NRHP Reference #
  
98000552

Architectural style
  
Stick style

Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse

Location
  
2296 W. Oakfield Rd., Grand Island, New York

Similar
  
Beaver Island State Park, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hotel Pennsylvania, Madison Square Garden

Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse is a historic boathouse located on Grand Island in Erie County, New York. The boathouse was built as part of the "River Lawn" estate of Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809–1897).

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History

The Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse is a Late Victorian Stick / Queen Anne style frame structure constructed in 1870. The boathouse is a two story frame structure, clad in clapboard, on concrete piers.

Between 1935 and 1940, to save the boathouse from demolition when the Spaulding estate was acquired in order to become Beaver Island State Park, neighboring property owner Frank St. John Sidway, a grandson of Spaulding, moved it about 270 feet northwest to his land. In about 1990, steel framing was added to shore up the original wood framework.

Significance

The building is a rare surviving example of a small boathouse used primarily for storage and social activities and is reflective of Grand Island's importance as a seasonal recreational area in the 1800s. The boathouse has been continuously used for light boat storage and social activities since it was built, and although many boathouses on Grand Island have fallen victim to weather, it stands today virtually as built and is now a part of a private residence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse Wikipedia


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