Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard - Amherst, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The entranceway at Roycroft Boulevard in Amherst is an intact, relatively rare, early 20th century Tudor Revival style suburban residential entranceways associated with local historical development of Amherst, NY. This entranceway is part of a grouping of entranceways and street furniture including stone walls and signposts along the Main Street corridor. Developers built these entranceways in the 1920s to advertise their development as a "desirable location", "where homes of character are being built", and as "the most desirable place for discriminating Buffalonians to reside in."

This entranceway consists of three half-height stone walls and two stone posts on the south side of Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard in Amerhst, NY. It marks the entrance to the Aurora Park subdivision created by Abbott & Beymer Land Co. Built circa 1917 to 1920, the design has early 20th century Tudor Revival style influences that match the character of the houses behind it.

Street address: Main St and Roycroft Blvd Amherst, NY United States 14227 County / Borough / Parish: Erie Year listed: 2005 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Landscape: Street Furniture Current function: Landscape: Street Furniture Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008 Hours of operation: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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