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Old Post Office - Table of Contents
Old Post Office / Erie Community College
121 Ellicott Street at South Division
Buffalo, New York
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Main entrance on Ellicott St. |
The main corridor extends around the north, west and south sides of the building. |
On the first floor the main corridor is a Gothic Revival colonnade |
Paired, smooth-shafted engaged marble columns with Corinthian capitals |
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Plaster groin vaults originally had stenciled decorations. |
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Hipped skylight covers the courtyard. |
Each of the four upper stories has an open gallery or corridor facing on an interior courtyard |
The Venetian palazzo-like interior space is one of the most impressive in the city. Arranged around the corridors were originally 156 office rooms. |
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