Carlisle Gardens is an unincorporated hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the town of Lockport

Lockport (town), New York

Lockport is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 20,529 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the series of canal locks on the Erie Canal...

  in Niagara County

Niagara County, New York

Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, USA.

History

The quiet, dignified charm of upper-middle class England endures here in Lockport. Mostly as it has for over 90 years, now. This upscale housing development in the town on the city's east border was advanced between the World Wars. At the time, use of underground street wiring and a grassy median on most of the curving streets were innovative residential designs. Indeed, "The Gardens" were designed and built long before residential "housing developments" grew the unfavorable image they have today.

The various street names, and the development itself (Carlisle) are taken from popular English names of the time. This community, with its colonial street lighting, remains one of Lockport's most desirable areas to live in.

You can even drive on "the left side of the road" here and get away with it (to a point). "Class" is much more than income or social rank and Carlisle Gardens makes that point.

Homes and Neighborhood

Carlisle Gardens is primarily a residential neighborhood of detached, single family homes built in the 1920s. Typical neighborhood home is about 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths approximately 1,500 sq. ft. Median age ca. 1925.

Entry into the neighborhoods is from Chestnut Ridge Road or Davison Road onto Windermere Road.