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Thomas Oliver House

Lockport, NY, listed on the NRHP in Niagara County, New York

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ7792885 ↗
Source-derived summary

Thomas Oliver House is a historic home located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Queen Anne style brick dwelling built in 1891.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is located in the High and Locust Streets Historic District.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Thomas Oliver House” as lockport, NY, listed on the NRHP in Niagara County, New York. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Thomas, Oliver and House.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Thomas, Oliver and House providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Thomas Oliver House”, the useful work is to connect “lockport, NY, listed on the NRHP in Niagara County, New York” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7792885. Authority coordinates are 43.166, -78.676. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891 and 1998.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Thomas Oliver House”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Thomas Oliver House primary sources, Thomas Oliver House archive and Thomas research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Thomas Oliver House” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.