Old Editions - Table of Contents
Exterior - Old Editions Book
Shop and Café
74-76 East Huron Street, Buffalo, NY
One of the country's largest open antiquarian bookstores.
Antique artwork scattered throughout.
Official Site
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74 East Huron Building - Erected: |
C. 1897 |
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76 East Huron Building - Erected: |
C. 1950 |
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74 East Huron 1926 addition: |
Rear courtyard demolished and back of building extended; freight elevator installed |
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Previous owner, early 1940s to 1995: |
St. Vincent De Paul's store |
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Current owner, since 1995: |
Ronald Cozzi, proprietor of Old Editions Book Shop and Café |
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1995 Renovation architect: |
Karl Frizlen |
74 East Huron was originally built with 25-foot-long 4" X 12" beams spaced 12" apart between floors.
76 East Huron was purchased by St. Vincent De Paul's, a tenant since the early 1940s, and converted into a loading dock. The two buildings were then connected.
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Watercolor painting of Old Editions by V. Roger Lalli. 76 East Huron to the left |
Original first floor tenants of #76: police station. |
Original Buffalo-made 10' tall cast iron column. Originally, according to architect Karl Frizlen. there was a recessed corner entrance |
Detail from previous photo - foliated capital |
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Cast iron column detail |
Sandstone and brick |
Brick corbels |
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East elevation |
May have originally contained stained glass |
Large rectangular opening may have originally been a stable entrance for horses. The original tenant on the first floor was a riding unit of the Buffalo Police |
Tie rod plates. After a fire in the building caused water damage, tie rods were installed to pull the walls together. |
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Neighbor in background: Electric Tower |
