Kensington High School

Kensington High School
319 Suffolk Street, Buffalo, NeY

Erected
1937. A project of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, the school was a child of the Depression (when Art Deco was popular).

Architect:
Daniel G. McNeil

Neighborhood
Kensington-Bailey

Architectural Style
Art Deco. One of two public Art Deco buildings in Buffalo, the other being City Hall (Central Terminal was privately financed)

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Cornerstone: city of Buffalo seal

Cream-colored brick.

5-bay horizontal building

Central tower: Art Deco lettering.

Heavy piers help give vertical emphasis.

Central tower Art Deco stylized details:

Chevrons
Sun
Volutes?
Dentils

Central tower detail

Central tower detail

Straight-headed, wooden sash windows

One of two low relief, stylized American eagles on side towers. .

Auditorium entrance on far side left wing. Note Art Deco lettering.

Side door surround.

Apartments, designed by E. B. Green and Sons - surround the school

Kensington H. S. is a neighborhood landmark.

Most 2-family houses were built in the 1930s and 1940s.

Text source: July 2000 Preservation Coalition Art Deco tour -- Tim Tielman, tour guide

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Erected	1937. A project of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, the school was a child of the Depression (when Art Deco was popular).
Architect:	Daniel G. McNeil
Neighborhood	Kensington-Bailey
Architectural Style	Art Deco. One of two public Art Deco buildings in Buffalo, the other being City Hall (Central Terminal was privately financed)


Cornerstone: city of Buffalo seal	Cream-colored brick.	5-bay horizontal building	Central tower: Art Deco lettering.

Heavy piers help give vertical emphasis.	Central tower Art Deco stylized details: Chevrons Sun Volutes? Dentils	Central tower detail	Central tower detail

Straight-headed, wooden sash windows	One of two low relief, stylized American eagles on side towers. .	Auditorium entrance on far side left wing. Note Art Deco lettering.	Side door surround.

	Apartments, designed by E. B. Green and Sons - surround the school	Kensington H. S. is a neighborhood landmark.	Most 2-family houses were built in the 1930s and 1940s.