Engle Building

Louis Engle, Jr. Building / Ira G. Ross Eye Institute
1176 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

Built:
C. 1920

Style:
Beaux Arts Classical

Building materials:
Polychome terra cotta

Original use:
Originally housed Engel's Studebaker truck and auto dealership and in more recent times was the home to another auto dealership.

Articles about the Ross Eye Institute:

Ira G. Ross Eye Institute Grand Opening
UB's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute Opens on Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

Location:
Part of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

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May 2008 photo	Polychrome terra cotta	Ribbons and festoons	Running ornament Vertical panels decorated with grape vines

Round (segmental) arches flanked by C scrolls with acanthus corbels	Keystones decorated with acanthus leaf		Entrance

Triangular pediment supported by C scrolls		Tuscan pilaster with grapevine-decorated shaft

Built:	C. 1920
Style:	Beaux Arts Classical
Building materials:	Polychome terra cotta
Original use:	Originally housed Engel's Studebaker truck and auto dealership and in more recent times was the home to another auto dealership.
Articles about the Ross Eye Institute:	Ira G. Ross Eye Institute Grand Opening UB's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute Opens on Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Location:	Part of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus