Lafayette Square - Table of Contents
Buffalo Public Library
Buffalo NY
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1887 Buffalo Public Library Includes photograph
Chris Andrle, Buffalo Public Library Reprinted from ARTVOICE
Buffalo Public Library - Historic photo #1
Buffalo Public Library - Historic photo #2
1905 Buffalo of Today: Domestic and Industrial - Historic photo
B&ECPL History On Buffalo and Erie County Public Library website
Completed 1964
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current facility, built in 1963, replaced the original Cyrus Eidlitz
Buffalo Public Library Building [see postcard above] dedicated
in February 1887. The first Buffalo Public Library, in turn, replaced
the Erie County, New York courthouse, which occupied the parcel from
1816-1876. Founded ca. 1835 as the Young Men's Association (not to be confused with the Young Men's Christian Association), prominent members included Samuel Clemens, who was the editor of the Buffalo Express from 1869-1871. The Young Men's Association was a private subscription library, meaning that paid membership was required in order to borrow books. In 1883, the Association began a fund-raising campaign for a new building and held an architectural competition, which culminated in Eidlitz's 1887 design. Upon completion, the Association turned over its collections to the citizens of Buffalo and the Buffalo Public Library was born, with no requirement for dues or membership. - Wikipedia (May 2011)
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