Delaware Park - Table of Contents
Boat House, The
Park
(Now Delaware Park), Buffalo, NY
1875
Designed by Calvert Vaux
Enlarged soon after construction
Demolished in 1899
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Source: "Buffalo Illustrated:
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In 1868 Olmsted, Vaux and Company designed a park system for Buffalo, NY. It was the first plan for an interconnected park system to be implemented by an American city.
Vaux designed a boat house for The Park (now Delaware Park). He also designed several other structures for The Park:
- Park Superintendent's House (or, The Farmstead), 1875. Demolished, 1950. Photo
- Boat Landing Seating, 1875. Demolished c. 1950 Photo
- Summer House (or, Spire House), 1875. Demolished, c.1950? Photo
- Rustic Bridge, 1875 Demolished. Photo
- Viaduct (over Delaware Street), 1875. Rebuilt and enlarged by the Works Progress Administration Photo
For The Parade (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park), Vaux designed the Refectory (also known as The Parade House) in 1875 (destroyed by fire, 1876.)
For The Front (now Front Park), Vaux designed the Music Stand in 1875 (not constructed.)
For an excellent account of how Olmsted & Vaux came to design the park system in Buffalo see Francis R. Kowsky's Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick Law Olmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System
For biographical information and additional Web pages on Calvert Vaux, see Calvert Vaux - A Chronology of Important Events in His Life
