The History of Buffalo, New York

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YEAR
Abbott Theatre

1914

Academy of Music

1852, 1868

Adam, J. N.

1906

Adam, Meldrum and AndersonCompany

1994

Adam, Robert B.

1906

Adams, Bruce
Adams Power Station

1895

Adaptive reuse
Adelphia Communications Company 2002
Ads from the 1930s
Aerospace industry
African-Americans

1795, 1796, 1839, , 1843, 1855, 1863, 1914, 1920, 1940, 1960, 1965, 1967,

Airacobra

1935, 1941

Airacomet 1942
Air conditioner 1902
Aircraft

1909, 1910... 1926, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1947,

Airport 1926
Akron, NY See Newstead below
Alberger, Franklin A.
Albright Art Gallery

1904

Albright, John J.

1866, 1900, 1902

Albright-Knox Public Art Initiative
Albright, Langdon
Allegany Reservation 1800
Allen, Lewis Falley

1816, 1827

Allen, Orlando
Allentown
Allentown Art Festival 1957
Americana
  • Tim Tielman, Americana History; illustration
American Brass
American Express 1842,
American Hotel (Main St. near Eagle)

1861

American Hotel (Main St. & Ferry)
American Institute of Architects
American League 1900
American Malting Company 1899
American Revolution 1775
American Shipbuilding Company 1962,
Amherst, NY
Andrle, Otto F.
Andrews Building
Andrews, Major Andre

1833

Applications
Ararat

1825

Arcade, The

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Elevator
Arlen, Harold

1939

Armories
Arnold, C. D.
Art
Arts & Crafts Movement

1888

Associated Buffalo Architects Inc.

1920

Attica Correctional Facility 1971
Auditorium, The
Austin Building
Austin Street

1813

Automobile

1901, 1902, 1908, 1910

Avery House

Baetzhold, A
Bailey
Balcom, Philo
Baltic 1847
Bank of Buffalo

1894, 1846

Bankers
Banks
Barker, Pierre A.
Barnes Bancroft & Co.
Barton, Hiram
Baseball

1988

Basil Brothers
Bath house
Baxter, A. E.
Beach, Howard
Beachy, Lincoln 1911
Becker, Philip

1876, 1886

Beebe, M. E.

1887

Beer

1845, 1872, 1901, 1953, 1972,

Beirel, Max

1888

Belfer, Lauren
Bell Aircraft
Bell, Lawrence
Belt Line Railroad

1883, 1888

Bennett Beach
Bennett, Joseph
Bennett, Lewis J.
Berger's Department Store, L.L.
Berkshire Hathaway 2002,
Berlin, Dorothy Goetz
Bernstein, Peter L.
Berrick, Alfred E.
Best Street
Bethlehem Steel

1922, 1939, 1950, 1983,

Bethune, Louise Blanchard

1892

Beveridge, Charles E.
Bicycles
Bidwell & Banta 1846, 1847
Bidwell, Brigadier General Daniel Davidson

1864

Bidwell Parkway
Big Tree Road 1805
Bird Island / Bird Island Pier
Bird, William A.

1854

Birge Family

1916,

Bishop, Charles F.
Bishop Fallon High School
Bitter, Karl

Black Rock

1812, 1813, 1837, 1845, 1853, 1854

Blacks See African-Americans above
"Blizzard of 77" 1977
Blocher, John
Boasberg, Al
Bohen, Timothy
Boldt, John E.
Born, Philip 1845
Bottle collecting
Bowler, R. Arthur
Bowstring truss bridges
Boxing
Braun, Joseph

1924

Breckenridge St. Presbyterian Church

1831

Brent, John E.

1926

Brewing Industry

1901

Bricks
Bridges
Briggs, Horace
Brisbane Building
Broadway
Broexl Hotel
Brodie, Stephen

1899

Brown, Byron
Brown, Christopher N.
Brown, Clinton
Brown, John Y. 1976, 1977
Brown, William Wells
Brush, Alexander

1869

Bryant Street 1854
Buchanan, William I.
Buck, George S.

Buffalo, City of

1816, 1832

Digitized books
Buffalo City Directories
Buffalo Common Council Proceedings
Buffalo Full Text
Buffalo Maps
Buffalo Newspapers
Buffalo Deaths
Buffalo Underground Railroad Sites
Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts 1862
Buffalo Amateurs
Buffalo and Attica Railroad 1852
Buffalo and Black Rock Land and Railroad Company 1834
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Museum
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

1836, 1887

Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company

1889, 1902

Buffalo Architecture Foundation
Buffalo Athletic Club

1924

Buffalo Automobile Club 1900
Buffalo Aviation Meet 1911
Buffalo Barracks

1812, 1838

Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills 1973, 1988, 1991, 1993
Buffalo Bisons

1880, 1890, 1970 , 1979, 1988

Buffalo Board of Education 1965, 1976
Buffalo Board of Trade 1848
Buffalo Braves Basketball Team 1970
Buffalo Cement Co.
Buffalo Central School

1852

Buffalo China Inc.

1901

Buffalo City Water Works 1849
Buffalo Club

1867

Buffalo Consistory
Buffalo Convention Center 1978
Buffalo Convention Hall
Buffalo Country Club 1910
Buffalo Creek 1800, 1818
Buffalo Doubles
Buffalo Downtown Tour for Children
Buffalo Driving Park
Buffalo Engine Company
Buffalo Electric Carriage Co.
Buffalo Fair Grounds 1911
Buffalo Female Academy (Buffalo Seminary)

1900,

Buffalo Fire Appliance Corporation
Buffalo Forge Co.
Buffalo Foundry
Buffalo Gas and Light Company

1848

Buffalo Gasolene Motor Co.
Buffalo Gazette 1811
Buffalo General Hospital 1858
Buffalo German Insurance Co.
Buffalo Harbor
Buffalo Harbor Company, The 1819
Buffalo Historical Society

1862, 1950

Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo History Websites
Buffalo Library
Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System 1985
Buffalo Lighthouse

1818, 1833

Buffalo millionaires
Buffalo movies
Buffalo Municipal Airport 1926
Buffalo Museum of Science

1928

Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park 1977
Buffalo News
Buffalo Niagara International Airport 1997
Buffalo-Niagara Landmark Signage Project
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Buffalo of Today: Domestic and Industrial
Buffalo Park System
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Pitts Company
Buffalo Plains

1797, 1841

Buffalo Plastering & Architectural Casting, Inc.
Buffalo Police 1880
Buffalo postcards
Buffalo Pottery

1901

Buffalo Presidential Center
Buffalo Public Art  
Buffalo Public Library

1836, 1887

Buffalo Public Schools
Buffalo Research (Cynthia Van Ness)
Buffalo River
Buffalo RiverWorks
Buffalo's Best
Buffalo's Own Regiment

1899

Buffalo Sabres 1970, 1975, 1996
Buffalo Saengerbund
Buffalo Savings Bank

1846, 1983

Buffalo Starch Factory 1864
Buffalo State Office Building

1972

Buffalo Theater

Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum
Buffalo Urban League 1927
Buffalo Zoo 1875
Builders' Exchange Building
Bull, Absalom 1830
Burnham, D. H.
Burke, Philip
Burt, F. N
Burt House
Buses 1950
Bush

1859

Busti, Paolo

1802

Butler

1873

Butler, Robert

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Caldwell, Taylor 1900
Calling card
Calspan

1943

Canal District

1887, 1910

Canalside
Candlelight Tour, 2011
Canisius College 1870
Caroline Incident
Carrére, John Merven
Carrier, Willis

1902, 1950

Cary family
Cary Safe Co.
Casino Niagara 1996
Cass, Mary R.
Cattaraugus Reservation 1800
Castiglia, Bradley
Castle, The (Fort Porter)

1837

Castle Inn

1901

Cathedral Park

1888, 1971

Cathedral School (St. Joseph's)
Caudell, Richard
Caulkins, F. W.
Cazenove, Theophile 1800, 1802
Cazenovia Park
Cemeteries

1832, 1850

Central High School

1852

Central Park
Central Presbyterian Church 1912,
Central Terminal - See New York Central Terminal below  
Central Wharf
Chamber of Commerce
Chandler, Henry
Chapin, Dr. Cyrenius

1804

Chapin, Brigadier General Edward Payson

1863, 1888

Chapin Parkway
Chapman, Charlie "The Tuna" 1981
Chappelle, Frank H.
Chautauqua
Cheektowaga
Chemical industry 1920,
Cherry, Nicole
Children
Children's Hospital
Chinese
Chippewa Market

1892

Cholera epidemic

1832, 1849

Christopher, Joseph 1980
Churches
Circle Theatre

1914

City Bank 1836
City Charter

1853, 1892

City Court Building

1974

City Directories
City Hall

1931

City Honors School
City limits

1854

"City of Light" (Lauren Belfer's novel)
City Ship Canal

1847

Civic Stadium

1933

Civil War 1861-1865

1861, 1863

Clarence, NY
Clarendon Hotel

1860

Clark, Archibald 1812
"Classic Buffalo"
Clemens, Samuel
Clement Brick Museum
Clement, Carolyn Tripp

Cleveland, Frances Folsom

1886

Cleveland, Grover

1837, 1859, 1863, 1870, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1893

Clinton Brown Company Architecture/Rebuild
Clinton, George W.
Cobblestone Historic Preservation District
Coe Place
Coit, George

1818

Colby, Patricia Oishei 2001
Cold Springs

1810, 1811, 1845, 1889

Coles, Robert Traynham
Col. Francis Ward Pumping Station 1915
Collins, Jimmy

Collins, Max
Colonial Circle
Colored Methodist Society 1831,
Colored Musicians Club
Colton, Bishop Charles Henry
Columbian Exposition (Chicago)
Commercial Advertiser

1835

Commercial Bank 1834
Commercial Slip
Common Council
Concrete
Concrete Grain Elevators 1914
Conlin, John
Connecticut Street Armory
Conners, William J.
Consistory
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation

1924, 1935

Cook, Eli

1853

Cooke, Walter P. 1929,
Copper 1910,
Cornell, Katharine

1974

Cornell, S. Douglas

1896

Cornell University Library - New York Historical Literature
Cotton, Ana 1989
Courier Cable Company 1971
Courier Express

1982

Court House
Cowper, John W.
Coxhead, John H.
Crooker, Ballard I.
Crow's Tavern
Crystal Beach
Curtin, Federal Judge John 1965
Curtiss, Glenn H.
Curtiss, Harlow C.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
Czechs 1924,
Czolgosz [chol'gosh], Leon

1901


Dairy
Daisy Potato Chips
Danilewicz, Kazimierz
Dan Montgomery's
Dann, E. S.
Dante Project/Marine Drive Apartments
Darry, William 1852
Dart, Joseph

1841

Davis, Jacob
Dayton, Lewis P.
Debs, Eugene V.
Deck, Gregory 1921
Deco restaurants

1921

de Forest, Marian
Delaware and North Cemetery

1832

Delaware Avenue

1924,

Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
Delaware Historic District
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Delaware Park (Original name: The Park)

1868

Denton , Cottier & Daniels
Depew Avenue
Depew, Chauncey
Depew, Ganson
Depew, NY
Derwood Hotel
De Tocqueville

1831

Diebold, Charles, Jr.
Diehl, Conrad

1872, 1898

Dinsmore, Ed 1948
Directories
DL&W
Dodge Luhan, Mabel
Dodge Reservoir
Dodge Street
Dold, Jacob
Donohue, William J.
Donovan, William
Dorn, Joseph
Dorsheimer, Williamw

1877

Douglass, Frederick
Douglas Jemal
Downing, Andrew Jackson
Downtown Tour Workbook
Dirigible 1906


Dowd, Bernard J.
Downtown Buffalo

Drama

Drennan, William Alexander
Driving Park

1888, 1911

Droze, Augustina, artist
Dubois, W.E.B. 1905
Dug's Dive
Dunbar, Robert
Dwight, Timothy

1804


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Eagle Hotel
Eagle Park 1912
Eagle Street Theatre

1836

Eagle Tavern
East Buffalo Livestock Exchange
Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church 2001
(East) Ferry Corridor Project
East North Street Cemetery

1832

East Side
East Utica Street
Eberhardt, L.P.A. and Fred
Ederer, Martin F.
Edson, Jack
Eidlitz, Cyrus 1887
Edisonia
Edna Place
Electric chair
Electric Elevator
Electricity
Electric street cars

1889, 1896, 1900

"Elephant Joe"
Elevators
Elk Street Market

1845

Ellicott, Andrew

1789

Ellicott Historic Preservation District

Ellicott, Joseph

1800, 1801, 1802, 1826

Ellicott, Lt. James D. 1812
Ellicott Square Building

1894, 1896, 1971

Ellicott Street
Elm trees
Elmwood Armory
Elmwood Avenue

1900, 1907

Elmwood Music Hall
Ely, W. C. 1904
Emergency Hospital 1902
Energy
Entertainment Hall of Fame
Erie Basin Marina 1974

Erie Canal

1817, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1855, 1860, 1869, 1900, 1925,


Erie County

1821


Erie County Savings Bank
Erie Freight House

Erie Indians 1655
Erie Railroad 1869

Erie Street 1860
Erne, Frank
Ernst, Suzanne

E.R. Thomas Motor Company 1908

Esenwein, August
Esty, Harold M., Jr.

Ethnic Groups See specific names, e.g., African-Amrican, Irish-American
Evans Elevator
Evans, William 1927
Explore Buffalo


Fagant, John
Fairmont Creamery / Coffee Rich
Falconwood
Falzone, Lucy 1989
Fargo, William G.

1842, 1862

Fassett, Theodore
Faust, Catherine
Federal Great Seal
Feine, August
Fenians

1866

Ferry Street Corridor Project
Fidelity Trust Company
Figas, Father Justin M.
Fillmore, Glezen

1818

Fillmore Hotel

1881, 1901

Fillmore, Millard

1800, 1815, 1823, 1826, 1828, 1833, 1844, 1846, 1849, 1850, 1858, 1874, 1881

Fillmore neighborhood
Film history
First Baptist Church
First Battalion, Thirteenth US Infantry

1889

First Church of Christ in Buffalo

1812

First Congregational Church of Buffalo
First Unitarian Church
First Ward
Fisher, Bruce
Fitch Creche

1880

Fleet, Reuben H. 1924
Fleischmann, Manly
Flint & Kent Deprtment Store
Flint Hill

1813

Flour Mills - See Grain Elevators below  
Folsom, Frances

1886

Ford Motor Co. 1992
Forest Lawn Cemetery

1850

Fort Adams
Fort Niagara

Fort Porter

1837, 1889

Fort Tompkins
Fosdick, Dr, Frank Sheldon
Fosdick-Masten H. S.
Fox, Austin
Fox Movie Company 1929,
Franklin, Robert
Franklin Street Cemetery

1832

Freedman, Maryann Saccomando
Freedom Wall
Free-Soil party 1848

French and Indian War

1689, 1756,

"French Castle"
Front, The (Front Park)

1868

Frontier Telephone
Frontier Theatre

1913

Fruit Belt
Fryer, Robert Livingston
Fryer, Tony
Fuhrmann, Louis

Fulton History website

Fulton, Robert 1807, 1813
Fundalinski, Bogdan
Fuqua, Charles G.

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Gardner, Edith Sidway
Gardner, Noah
Gardner, William Allan
Gates Circle
Geddes, James 1808
G. Elias & Bro., Inc., 1921
General Motors 1923, 1943
Genesee Gateway Historic District
Genesee Hotel
Geography
Geology
Gerber, David A.

German American Bank
German Insurance Co.
Germans

1845, 1855, 1915,

Giallombardo, Michael
Giambra, Joey
Gibson, Johnson and Ehle

1826

Gold
Goldman, Mark
Goldome

1983, 1991

  • Goldome Illustrations, history, architecture
Golf
Good, Daniel
Goodrich, Jimmy
Goodyear, A. Conger
Goodyear, Charles W.

1866, 1902, 1905,

Goodyear, Ella Portia Conger
Goodyear, Frank H. , Sr.

1866, 1902, 1905,

Graebner, William

Grain Elevator
Grand Island

1833, 1852, 1859, 1912, 1935,

Grande, Joseph A.
Granger, Erastus

1804

Grant, Frank

1896,

Grant / Amherst Neighborhood
Grant, W. T.
Grattan, W.S.
Gratwick
Greatbatch, Wilson

1959, 1986

Great Northern Grain Elevator
Greater Buffalo Press, Inc. / West Side Pet Clinic / Pawprints
Greeks 1924,
Green, Anna Katherine

1878, 1888

Green, E. B.

1888

Griffin, James

1978

Griffins Mills, NY
"Griffon"

1679

Grosvenor Library 1870
Guaranty Building

1896


Hamlin family
Hamlin Park

1858, 1888, 1911

Harbor, Buffalo
Harbor Inn
Harrington, Isaac R.
Harrison, Benjamin 1888
Hauptman, Herbert 1985
Haven, J. F.
Haven, Solomon G.
Hawley, Chris

1881

Hengerer, William
Hennepin, Father Louis
Hens & Kelly Department Store
Hens, Mathias

1888

Herrala, Andrew
Hertel Avenue
Hewitt, H. H.
Hippodrome Theatre 1904,
Hispanics
Historic buildings
Historic districts
History Museum, Buffalo
History websites, Buffalo
Hodge, Joseph
Hodge, Philander
Hodge, William

1810

Hofeller, Eli David
Hoffman, George L.
Hoisington, Job

Holland Land Company

1791, 1798, 1800, 1815

Holland, Nelson
Holland Place
Holling, Thomas L.
Holmes, Maud
Homeopathic Hospital
Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corp. 1978
Hope, John 1905
Hospitals 1998
Hotel Buffalo
Hotel Fillmore - See Fillmore Hotel above
House research
Houses of Worship
Howard Iron Works 1849
Howard, Kathleen
Howe, Abel 1801
HSBC 1999, 2002,
Hubbard, Alice
Hubbard, Elbert

1893, 1915

Hubbell, Ralph 1948
Hull, Warren
Humberstone, H. Bruce
Humboldt Park
Hungarians 1924,
Huntington, Richard
Huntley, Charles R.
Huron Cement Elevator
Huxtable, Ada Louise
Hydraulics, The

1845


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Ice boom
Indians - See Iroquois Confederacy below
Industry
Industrial Exposition 1869
Industrial Heritage Trail
Influenza 1918
Intensive Level Surveys
International Grain Elevator
International Industrial Fair

1888

International Railroad Bridge
Irish

1855, 1862, 1863

Iron Industry in Buffalo, NY 
Iron Island

Iroquois Confederacy

Early 17th c., 1756, 1775, 1786

Iroquois Hotel

1887, 1889

Iroquois Iron Works
Irwin, Robert J. A.
Italians

1910, 1924,


Jablonksi, Peter
Jack-Knife Bridge
James, Rick (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.)
Jefferson Avenue
Jemal, Douglas
Jemison, Mary
Jewett
Jewett & Root stoves
Jewett, Edgar B.
Jewett, Elam R.

1888

Jewett, J. C.
Jewett refrigerators
Jewett, Sherman S.
Jews

1915, 1920, 1924,

Johnson, Dr. Ebenezer

1832, 1834, 1900, 1907,

Johnson, Larry
Johnson Immigration Restriction Act

1924

Johnson, John

1841

Johnson, Mamie Beale
Johnson Park

1907,

Johnson, Pete
Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion
Johnston, Captain William (Johnson)

1798, 1800

Joiner, Wanda Frey
Joncaire

1721

Jones, Horatio

1797

Jones Iron Works
Jonson, George Washington
Joseph Ellicott Historic District
Josephs, "Elephant Joe"
Juba Storrs & Co.
Jubilee Springhouse

1830

Junior League Showhouses

Kaleida Health 1998
Kaisertown
Kansas, Rocky
Kavanagh, Patrick
Keating, Robert
Keller, Fred 1948
Kelley, Abby
Kellogg Elevators
Kellogg, Spencer
Kellogg, Spencer, Jr.
Kelly, David 1888
Kelly, Jim 1991
Kelly, Joseph
Kenilworth Race Track
Kensington
Kensington Expressway

1967

Kent, Edward Austin

1888, 1896

Ketchum. Jesse
Ketchum, William

1844

Key Bank 1991
King Charles II 1664
King, Martin Luther Jr Park
Kingcobra 1941
Kirkhofer, Alfred H. 1948
Kit houses
Kittinger firniture
Kleinhans, Edward L. and Mary Seaton Kleinhans
Kleinhans Music Hall 1940,
Knight, Erastus
Knox Family

1893, 1916,

Koch, William
Kowal, Chester
Kowsky, Francis R.
Kraft, James Lewis
Kremlin Building
Krips, Josef
Ku Klux Klan, Buffalo (KKK)

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Lackawanna Steel

1889, 1900,, 1902, 1922

Lafayette Hotel

1904

Lafayette, Marquis de
Lafayette Square

1884 , 1912

Lafayette Theater
Lalli, Dr. V. Roger
Lancaster
Landmarks
Landmark Signage Project
Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier
Landon, Joseph

1796

Lane, Ezekial

1800

Lang, Gerhard

1845, 1872, 1901

Lansing, Henry Livingston
Larkin Center of Commerce (building)
Larkin District
Larkin, John / Larkin Soap Company

1875, 1901, 1904, 1950

LaSalle, Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de
Latinos
Laurel Street

Lautz, Frederick Christian Martin

LeCouteulx,
Monsieur Louis Stephen LeCouteulx de Chaumont
Lehigh Valley Railroad Terminal
Letchworth, Edward P. 1929,
Letchworth, Josiah
Lee, J. H.
Levy, Alexander O.
Lewis F. Allen House

1816

Lewiston, NY
Library

1836, 1887

Lighthouse See Buffalo Lighthouse above
Light Rail Rapid Transit system 1979
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln Parkway
Lind, Jenny 1851
Lindberg, Arthur
Linwood Avenue
Little. H. H.
Livery 1828
Livestock Exchange

1892

Livestock industry
L. L. Berger Specialty  Store
Lockport
Lockwood, Belva
Lockwood, Thomas
Lockwood, Timothy T.
Long, Richard 1978
Longshed
Love Canal 1978
Love family

Lovejoy

1813,

Lovejoy, Henry
LTV Steel
Luhan, Mabel Dodge
Lumber

M&T Bank (Manufacturers and Traders)

1856, 1991, 2002,

  • M&T Bank History, architecture, illustrations
Machinery
Mahoney, Patrick
Mahoney, Walter J.

1972

Main Food Mart
Main Street

1797

Majestic Theatre

1912,

Makowski, Stanley M.
Mann, Dr. Matthew D.
Manning, John B.
Mansion House
Manufacturing 1860, 1899, 1910, 1982,
Manufacturers & Traders Bank See "M&T" above
Maps
Marine Drive Apartments/Dante Project
Marine Midland Arena 1996
Marine Midland Bank / Marine Trust Bank

1999, 1929,

Marionettes
Mark, Mitchell
Market Arcade

1892

Market House
Market Square Historic District
Markiewicz, David 
Marquis de Lafayette

1825

Martin, Darwin D.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
Martin, Richard 1975
Maryniak, Benedict R,
Masiello, Anthony
Masten Armory
Masten, Joseph G.

1843, 1845

Masten Park High School

1897

Matthews, George B. 1866, 1926
Matthews, James Newson
Mayors of Buffalo

1853, 1882, 1892

Mazur, Jozef
McDonald, Cheryl
McDonnell and Sons
McIntosh, Caroline Carmichael

1826

McKim, Mead and White
McKinley Monument

1907

McKinley, Pres. William

1901, 1907

McNulty, James
Mechanics Association 1869,
Medical Campus, Buffalo Niagara
Memorial Auditorium

1940, 1970

"Merle M. McCurdy"
Metcalfe House
Methodists

1818

Metropolitan Theatre

1852, 1868

"Michigan, The" 1827
Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue Bridge
Michigan Avenue YMCA

1926

Michigan Central Railroad 1888
Michigan Street Baptist Church

1849, 1905

Michigan-Sycamore Historic District

Middaugh, Martin

1794, 1800

Milburn, John

1901, 1902

Mile Strip 1813
Millard Fillmore Hospital
Miller, Annie Lang
Miller, Jacob 1828
Millionaires

1866

Mingus, Nancy
Mirror Theatre

1909

Mitchell, Todd
Moonglo
Morahan, Eugene
Morgan Building
Morris Avenue
Morris, Robert

1797

Morrison, Darrel
Murals, outdoor
Muscato, Phil
Muskat, Barry A.
Movies
Mruk, Joseph
Mulligan, Charlotte
Museums
Music Halls
Myer, Albert James

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Napora, James
Nash, J. Edward
National Aniline and Chemical Company 1914
National Association of Colored Women

1901

National Gypsum Co. 1926
National Trust for Historic Perservation Conference, 2011
National Register of Historic Places
Native Americans
Naval and Servicemen's Park 1979
Neighborhoods
Neri, Martha
Net-Zero Energy House
New Amsterdam

1800

New Cathedral
New Richmond Hotel, The

1887

Newspapers
Newstead, NY
New York Central Railroad

1869, 1892, 1929

New York State Assembly 1828
New York State Canal 1808
New York State Pavilion

1901

New York State seal
New York Stock Exchange 1792
New York Times
"Niagara" (steamer) 1846,
Niagara Falls
Niagara Frontier Transportayion Authority (NFTA)
Niagara Hotel, Buffalo, NY
Niagara Lithographing Co.
Niagara Movement

1905

Niagara Reservation

1883, 1887


Niagara Square

1800, 1820, 1825, 1836, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1878, 1881, 1888, 1901, 1907, 1923, 1924, 1931, 1936, 1974

Niagara Street
Nichols, George
Niederlander, Daniel B.
Noah, Mordecai Manuel

1825,

Nominations  
Northampton Street
North Park
North Presbyterian Church 1904,
Northrup, William Phelps 1888
North Street Cemetery
Norton, Charles 1916
Noye, John S.
Nye Park

O'Connor, Thomas
Offermann, Frank J.
Offermann, Gottfried
Offermann Stadium
Ogden Company 1838
Ohio Basin
Ohio Sreet Bridge
Oishei , John 1940
Oishei Foundation 1940, 2001
Olcott, Chauncey

1932, 1947

Olcott Hotel
Old Court House
Old Public Library See "Public Library" below
Oldman Boiler Works
Old Fort Niagara
Olenik & Reisem
Olmsted, Frederick Law

1868, 1872, 1887, 1888

Olmsted, Harold
Olympic Movie Theatre
Olympic Park

1890

Opera House
Orphanages
Osgood, Sharon
Osgood, Thaddeus

1812

Otis, Rainsford 1841
Otowega Golf Club
Otto Store

1896


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Paine, General 1802
Palmer, John

1800

Palmer's Views
Pan-American Exposition

1901

Pankow, Steven
Parade, The
(Humboldt Park; Martin Luther King Jr. Park)

1868 1872, 1876

Paramount movie theater
Park, Roswell, M.D.
Park, The (Delaware Park)

1868

Park System

Parker, Ely

1828, 1895

Parker, James Benjamin

Parks

1868 1872, 1876

Parkside neighborhood

1797, 1841, 1888

Parkside Unitarian Church

1897

Parkways
Patriot War of 1837 in Canada

1837

Paul, Tommy
Pavement markers

1920

Peace Bridge

1927

People's Bank
People's Church
Perky, Henry 1900
Perrault, Gilbert 1975
Perry, Oliver Hazard
Peters, Arlan
Petroleum Industry
Pfitzner, A. L. 1910
Phoebe Snow
Phoenix Hotel
Photographers/Photography

Piarists
Pierce, Dr. Ray Vaughn

1877

Pierce, Dr. V. Mott 1900
Pierce-Arrow autos

1901, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1921, 1937,

Pierce, George N.

1908

Pierce-Arrow Museum
Pillsbury Grain Elevator

1894,

Pitass, Rev. Jan 1882,
Plains, The 1845
Playboy Motor Co.
Plymouth Avenue
Poinsett Barracks

1838, 1845

Police

1871

Polish

1910, 1911, 1924,

Pollack, Susan M.
Population

1810, 1820, 1825, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1890, 1900, 1901, 1910

Porter, Cyrus K.

Porter, General Peter

1816, 1827, 1830, 1844

Postcards
Post Office

1804, 1837

Potters Field

1832

Pratt
Pratt & Lambert Co.
Pratt & Letchworth
Presidential Center, Buffalo
Presidents, US
President William McKinley
Preservation
Preservation Buffalo Niagara
Preservation Coalition of Erie County
Preservation Studios
Price, Bren
Prince & Co.
Prince, Denise
Private schools
Proctor, Phimister
Prospect Hill
Public Art
Public Library

1836, 1887

Public schools
Public transit 1854
Pulaski, Casimir
Puma, Jerome
PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing)

Queen City Hub Project
Quigley, Bishop James
Quinan, Jack

Railroad

1834, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1855, 1863, 1877, 1887, ,1899, 1900, 1910,

Ralph, Edmund 1829,
Ramsdell, Orin Palmer
Rand, George F.

1929,

Rand, George F., Jr.
Ransom, Asa

1801

Ransom, Mrs. M. A.
Rapid Transit system 1980,
Rathbun, Benjamin

1835, 1843

Red Jacket

1774, 1797 , 1838

Reigstad, Thomas J.
Reed Grain Elevator
Reiff, Daniel D.
Republic Steel Corporation

1984

Research buildings
Reservoir, Best Street
Rich, Andrew J.
Richardson, Henry Hobson

1887, 1888

Richmond Avenue
Richmond Elevator
Richmond Hotel

1887

Richmond, Jewett. M.
Riley, Maj. Gen. Bennett
Riley Street
River Lea
Riverside
Rizzo, Salvatore
Robert, Rene 1975
Rochester & Tonawanda Railroad 1844
"Rockpile, The"
Roesch, Charles E.
Rogers, Maj. Gen. William F.
Rogers, William A.
Rogovin, Milton

1999, 2001

Rohlfs, Charles

1888

Roman Catholic Church
Roosevelt, Theodore

1901

Roos Brewery
Root, Edward 1826
Root, Robert Keating
Roswell Park Institute 1997
Rote, David M.
Roycroft

1893

Rumsey
Russell, Washington Adams 1841
Ryan, Stephen V.

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Sabres, Buffalo
1970, 1975, 1996
Sacred Heart Church
Saengerbund
Saengerfest
Saint Anthony's RC Church
Saint Bonaventure's Basketball Team 1970
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Saint James Hall
Saint John, Gamaliel
Saint John, LeGrand
Saint John, Margaret

1813

Saint John, Sarah
Saint Joseph's Cathedral School
Saint Joseph's College
Saint Joseph's RC New Cathedral
Saint Lawrence Seaway 1960
Saint Louis Church

1843

Saint Paul's Church (Cathedral)

1819, 1888, 1900

Saint Peter's German Evangelical Church
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church
Saint Stanislaus Church 1882,
Salisbury, Hezekiah A. 1811
Salisbury, Smith H. 1811
Sample Shop
Satterfield, John
Sattler, John G.

1914

Sattler Theatre

1914

Savoy Theatre

1909

Scaife, Rt. Rev. Lauriston 1948

Scajaquada Creek

Scajaquada Expressway
Scatcherd, John N.
Scheu, Solomon
Schlicker Organ Company
Schober, Jeff
Schoell, Frankie
Schoellkopf Family
Schoolhouse

1807

Schools

1807, 1829, 1839, 1846, 1965, 1976, 1852, 1870, 1888, 1916, 1965, 1968, 1970

Schwab, Frank X.
Scott, Brig. Gen Winfield
Scoville, Jonathan
Scozza, Lou
Sculptures
Seals
Sears Catalog Homes
Sedita, Frank A.
Seiche of 1844 1844
Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf

Senecas

1500, 1756, 1764, 1774, 1775, 1788, 1791, 1797, 1838

Settlers
74th Regimental Armory See "Armories" above
Shanks, Bruce

1958

Shatkin, Paul
Shea, Judith
Shea' s Buffalo Theater

1976

Sheehan Emergency 1902
Sheehan, John C.
Sheehan, William
Shelgren, O. William Jr.
Shelton, Eminent Rev. William

1840, 1884, 1900

Shelton Square
Shepard, Sidney
Sheppard, James D. 1844
Sherman, Village of
Ships /Shipbuilding

1845, 1847, 1856, 1942,

SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office)
Sidewalk markers

1920

Sidway
Signage Project, Landmark
Silsbee, Joseph Lyman
Silver Creek's giant tree 1825
Simon, William 1888
Simpson, O. J. 1973
Siracuse, Carol Case
Sisters' Hospital

1848

Sisti, Tony
65th Regiment Armory
Sizer, Henry
Skinner, Martha St. John
Skyway 1955
Skyway Marina
Slattery, James
Slave 1793, 1795, 1823, 1835, 1847, 1851
Slawinski, Jozef
Slip form continuous pour method
Small Business Administration
Smith, Bruce 1988
Smith, Henry K.
Smith, H. Perry
Smith, Joseph 1827
Snelson, Kenneth
Snyder, Michael 1882
Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Lafayette Square

1884

Soldiers Circle
South Buffalo
South Park
South Towns Byway: Resource Inventory
Sowers Manufacturing Co.

Spaulding, Charlotte
Spaulding, E. G.

1847, 1862

Sprague, Carlton
Springville, NY
Stained glass
Stallions 1979
Standard Milling Company
Stanley, Winifred Claire
Star Theatre
State Normal School at Buffalo

1870

State University of New York
College at Buffalo
1870

State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo/ University at Buffalo)

Statler, Ellsworth

1896, 1906, 1923

Steamboat 1820, 1834, 1837,
Steel
Steel industry

See:

Stella Niagara Preserve
Sterling Engine Co.
Stevens, Frederick P.

1856

St. Gaudens - See Saint-Gaudens, Augustus above

Stock Exchange Hotel
Stockyards

Strawberry Island

Streetcars
Street railway
Streeter, Edward
Strong, George
Suber, Shirley M. 1971
Sullivan, Louis

1896

SUNY Buffalo
Surveys
Swannie House
Swift, Douglas
Switek Studios
Symons, Col. W.
Szafranski, Brian

Talbert, Mary B.

1905, 1922, 1923

Tanning
Tasker, Steve 1993
Taxes
Taylor, Cecilia Evans
Team Razor Wire
Teck Collision Company 1950
Teck Theater
Telegraph 1846
Telephone Company
Temple Beth El
Temple of Music

1901

Tesla. Nikola
Tewksbury Incident
Thayer brothers 1825
Theater (Drama)

1976

Theatre Historic Preservation District
The Buffalo News
The Park (Delaware Park)
Third National Bank
Thomas, Edwin R.
Thomas Flyer automobiles
Thompson, Sheldon

1840

Thorne, George L.
Tielman, Timothy
Tiffany, Louis Comfort
Tifft, George W.
Tifft House
Tilden, Thomas 1845
Tillinghast, James
Timon, John

1847

Tingley, Chuck
Title Guarantee Building
Tonawanda 1800, 1826
Townsend, Charles 1846
Townsend, Harriet
Trains
Treaty of Big Tree 1797
Treaty of Ghent 1814
Tree
Trolleys - See "Electric Streetcars" above  
Troup, George
Trowbridge, Dr. Josiah
Tucker Building

1887

Tudor style 1888
Tuscarora Indians 1722, 1800
Twain, Mark

1869 , 1872

Typhoid

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UB
Uplinger, Bob
Underground railroad
Union Meeting House

1827

Unions 1884
Union Ship Canal
Unitarian-Universalist Church

1896, 1969

Uplingher, Bob
U. S. Bank
U. S. Custom House
U. S. Presidents
University Heights
University of Buffalo (UB)

1846, 1916, 1968, 1970

University Park Historic District
University Plaza 1939
Upper Black Rock 1813
Urban Company / Urban, George Jr.

1866, 1897, 1902, 1904

Urban planning

Valley section
Vandalia 1842
Van Derveer, Tara
Van Ness, Cynthia
Van Vleck , George H.
Vaux, Calvert

1876, 1887

Veterans
Victoria, Queen
Vitascope Theater

Wachadlo, Martin
Wadsworth, James
Wait, Harry R.
Waite, Richard A.
Wajed, Edreys

Walden, Ebenezer

1806, 1812, 1813, 1829, 1838,

Walden Galleria 1989
"Walk-in-the-Water"

1821

Walkowski, Jennifer
Wards

1853

War Memorial Stadium

War of 1812

1812, 1813, 1814

Washington Street Market

Waterfront
Water - Jubilee Water Works
Water Pumping Station
Water - wooden pipes
Watson Grain Elevator
Watson, Stephen V.R.
WBEN 1948
Weber, Col. John B.
Wedekindt, Henry
Weed Block
Welch, Brigadier General Samuel Manning
Wells, Chandler
Wells, Henry 1862
Wendt, Margaret L.
Western Association of Architects (WAA)
Western Literary and Scientific Academy

1829

Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame
Western New York Heritage Magazine
Western New York Legacy: A Digital Library of Historical Treasures
Western Savings Bank
West Ferry Street
Westinghouse, George
West Seneca
West Side
West Village Historic Preservation District
WGR 1922
Whiskey
Whitaker, Ramona Pando
White, Dr. James Platt
White, Jonathan L.
Wicks, William Sydney 1888
Wiegand, Art
Wilcox, Ansley

1845, 1883, 1901

Wilkeson, Samuel

1820, 1824, 1836

Wilkeson, Col. Samuel H.
William Simon Brewery 1852
Williams Family of Buffalo
Williams, Jonas
Williamsville
Williamsville-Buffalo Road 1832
Willow Lawn

1888

Winfield, Mason
Winney, Cornelius

1789

Witul, Gregory L.

Women
Women's Christian Association Building,

1888

Women's Suffrage 1902 Convention in Buffalo
Women's Union-Townsend Hall
Wonderland Building 1893
Woods, A.
Woods, Bob

1935, 1941

World University Games 1993

WPA

Wright, Frank Lloyd

1888


YMCA

1852, 1902

Yots, Thomas

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Zimmermann, George

1938

Zink and Hatch Building
Zoschke, Bettie
Zoschke, Carl


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