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Church St. was so named because of the two churches located at the foot of th street at Main Street.

"The churches," as they appeared in the early 1880s. St. Paul's at the left, the "Old First" at the right, St. Jospeh's in the distance. Church Street was used as a stand for carters.

Source: "The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo," Severance, Frank H., ed. Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 117
Additional source:
Palmer's Views

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