John
Larkin - Table of Contents
Larkin District / Larkinville /
Hydraulics
The historic name for this
neighborhood was the Hydraulics
Larkin
Development Group - Official Web Page
In this neighborhood, Reuben B.
Heacock founded the Hydraulic Business Association in 1827 and created
a cooperative of water rights via the Hydraulic Canal that powered our
region’s earliest tanneries, grist mills, etc. We now refer to the district as The Larkin District, or “Larkinville,” in honor of The Larkin Company which played such a central role in the development of the district for over 60 years beginning in the 1870’s. The Larkin District, or Larkinville, begins on Seneca Street starting at Larkin Street and runs east to the intersection of Smith Street and Fillmore Avenue. It includes significant portions of Van Rensselaer, Exchange, Roseville, Carroll, Hydraulic and Griffin streets. |
NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBLE Buildings - Hydraulics/Larkin District |
Larkin Soap Co. buildings:
Painting - Original Larkin Factory DEMOLISHED
Larkin Center of Commerce Building - "B, C...N, O" Buildings 701 Seneca St.
Power House - "I" Building 635 Seneca St.
Larkin @ Exchange Building - "R, S, T" Warehouse 726 Exchange St.
Key Bank - "U" Building 239 Van Rensselaer St.
Larkin Square - Filling Station #6 745 Seneca St.
Administration Building Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright - DEMOLISHED. 680 Seneca St.
Administration Building Restored Brick Fence Pier 680 Seneca St.
Other sites:
Kamman Building 755 Seneca St.
F. X. Winkler & Sons Building 760 Seneca St.
F. X. Winkler House 103 Seymour St.
St. Patrick's RC Church and Franciscan Monastery 759 South Division Street
St. Matthew’s German Evangelical Church 688 Swan St.
James Napora, St. Matthew’s German Evangelical Church 688 Swan St.
Bradshaw Hovey, Doug Swift: 'Sometimes you gotta take a risk'
History essays:
Frank J. Lankes, The Hydraulic Canal Reprinted Essay
Patra Mangus, Explore Buffalo: The Larkin District
Nancy Blumenstalk Mingus, Captain William Johnston
The Hydraulic Brewery 686-702 Carroll St.
On other websites:
Larkin Development Group: Larkin District History / The Hydraulics (online June 2013)
Chris Hawley, The Hydraulics Press (online June 2013)
Buffalo Rising: After Almost 30 Years, Historic Paintings Return to Buffalo, Removed From Demolished Hydraulics Church 28 Years Ago (online June 2013)
Buffalo Rising: History of the Hydraulics: (online June 2013)