Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard
Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard is a suburban residential subdivision entranceway built in 1918. It is on Main Street (New York State Route 5) in the hamlet of Snyder, New York, in the town of Amherst within Erie County. The entranceway is a marker that represents the American suburbanization of rural areas, suburbanization that occurred through transportation-related land development on the edges of urban areas. It consists of a variety of half-height wall formations, featuring a semicircular wall on the Roycroft Boulevard median's intersection with Main Street. The entranceway was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2005.
Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard from south, April 12, 2009 | |
| Location | Main St., jct. with Roycroft Blvd., Amherst, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°57′43.95″N 78°46′47.95″W |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architect | Abbot and Beymer |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| MPS | Suburban Development of Buffalo, New York MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001378 |
| Added to NRHP | December 7, 2005 |
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