Courier Express/Diocese Building -
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Exterior - Courier
Express Building / Diocese of Buffalo Catholic
Center
785-795 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
Completed: |
1930 |
Architects: |
Monk & Johnson (Boston), with H. D. A. Ganteaume |
Style: |
Art Deco |
Present owner: |
Catholic Diocese of Buffalo since 1985. The Courier Express ceased operation in 1982. |
Location: |
Theatre Historic District |
![]() For information about Conners, see below. ![]() For information about "The Express," see below. |
![]() Art Deco facade on Main Street ![]() Left: Main Street ... Right: Goodell Street ... To right (south) of the Courier Express Building is the Sidway Building ![]() South elevation on Goodell Street ![]() Spandrel panels between rows of windows ... Note part of the First Amendment (more below) ![]() Cornerstone |
Famous
historic printers![]() Terra cotta is the building material for statues of famous printers from the past decorate the top story ... In between the statues is a Celtic motif that celebrates the Conners family's Irish heritage ... The two statues are detailed below: ![]() Christophe Plantin, 1514-89. Leading printer in second half of the16th c. ![]() Benjamin Franklin ![]() ![]() ![]() Polychromatic terra cotta Celtic motif |
The
First Amendment![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cast bronze printers' marks over the entrance ![]() Bas relief ... Details below: ![]() ![]() Upper left mark detailed below: ![]() ![]() ![]() Upper left mark detailed below: ![]() ![]() Art Deco style sconce |
History of printing in lowest spandrel panels ![]() Detail below: ![]() ![]() Upper marks detailed below: ![]() Courier Express(?) printer's mark ... Buffalo News(?) printer's mark ![]() ![]() |
Excerpt By A. Gordon Bennett
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Reprint Buffalo: Lake City in Niagara Land By Richard C. Brown and Bob Watson. USA: Windsor Publications, 1981, p. 262 ![]() |