A Comparison: Old
County Hall and Old Post Office
Buffalo, NY
Old County Hall
Old Post Office
Government building
(city, county)\Government building
(federal)Style: Victorian
(Romanesque)
Style: Victorian
(Gothic)
3 stories tall 3 stories tall 5 bays 5 bays Central tower
Central tower Rusticated first story Rusticated first story Exterior building material: Maine granite
(Clark Island)Exterior building material: Maine granite
(Spruce Kent and Jonesboro)
Granite sculptures
(figures)
Granite sculptures
(grotesques, gargoyles and animals)Third story arcade windows
(rounded Romanesque)
Third story arcade windows
(pointed Gothic)