Jamestown in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

540 Lakeview Avenue

Tudor Revival

— Jamestown Architectural Heritage —

540 Lakeview Avenue Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 12, 2021

1. 540 Lakeview Avenue Marker

Inscription. Designed by
Johnson & Ford
Beck & Tinkham
Architects

Built in 1916, 1925
for
Mrs. Walter C. Davis
Commercial Rep.
for companies in Jamestown

LACAPJamestown.org

Erected by Lakeview Avenue Community Action Project (LACAP).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 42° 6.442′ N, 79° 14.193′ W. Marker is in Jamestown, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is on Lakeview Avenue south of Newton Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located beside sidewalk, directly in front of subject house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 540 Lakeview Avenue, Jamestown NY 14701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once

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the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 543 Lakeview Avenue (a few steps from this marker); 629 Winsor Street (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 509 Lakeview Avenue (about 500 feet away); 502 Lakeview Avenue (about 600 feet away); 416 Lakeview Avenue (about 700 feet away); 212 Van Buren Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); 102 Buffalo Street & 802 Lakeview Avenue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jamestown Oak (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jamestown.

Regarding 540 Lakeview Avenue. Contributing property, Lakeview Avenue Historic District, NRHP#100000753.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Jamestown Architectural Heritage

Also see . . . Lakeview Avenue Historic District. The district is a predominantly residential neighborhood composed mainly of single-family houses built from the 1850s to the 1950s as Jamestown's population grew and spread outward. Buildings in the district,

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 12, 2021

2. 540 Lakeview Avenue Marker

(marker visible on right, atop the stone retaining wall)

most of which were built as single-family houses, exemplify the range of domestic architectural styles that were popular from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, with most built between 1891 and 1930 when the neighborhood was served by an electric streetcar line. (Submitted on July 26, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Mrs. Walter C. Davis House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 12, 2021

3. Mrs. Walter C. Davis House

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 568 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.