Pictured below is the Hodge Opera House, one of the many buildings constructed by the Blackley Brothers during the 1800's in Lockport, NY


The Hodge Opera House


The 1892 Niagara County Jail

William J. Blackley performed the carpentry and masonry work at a cost of $17,840. American District Steam Company would install the steam heating for $1,386. The Powley Jail Manufacturing Company of St. Louis charged $25,674 for the iron and steelwork for the cells and windows. The whole jail would be completed for a cost of less than $50,000.

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