Places and Events in 'City of Light'
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Places and Events |
Fictional/Real |
Short Description |
Chapter Place or Event is First
Mentioned |
Adams Station Power Plant | Plant where electricity from Niagara falls was generated | ||
Albright Art Gallery |
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One of the best Greek revival buildings in the country; John J. Albright its largest contributor | |
Barrett, Louisa house |
Fictional |
Located next to present-day Buffalo Seminary on Bidwell Pkwy (See also Buffalo Seminary Home Page) | 1 |
Buffalo Botanical Gardens | A 3-domed Victorian style conservatory opened in 1900 and designed by the architects Lord & Burnham | 38 | |
Bidwell Parkway |
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One of the parkways in Olmsted & Vaux's park system in Buffalo | 1 |
Buffalo Club |
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Exclusive men's club on Delaware Ave., across the street from Trinity Church | 4 |
Buffalo River |
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The main reason there was a settlement in early Buffalo; Michigan St. Bridge spans it | 22 |
Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane |
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Early, progressive institution for the insane; today named the Buffalo Psychiatric Center | 1 |
Buffalo Women's Wheel and Athletic Club |
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21 | |
Cary House |
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Home of Dr. Walter Cary, 184 Delaware Ave. | 11 |
Cave of the Winds |
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Part of Niagara Falls | 2 |
"Chinaman's" lighthouse |
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Located next to present-day Coast Guard station | 22 |
Chippewa Market |
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One of several open-air markets | 16 |
City Hall (now the Old County Hall) |
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Originally Buffalo City Hall and County Hall | 10 |
Coatsworth Elevator & Slip |
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22 | |
Coatsworth family summer compound at Abino Bay, Ontario |
Fictional |
26 | |
Coatsworth House |
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49 Cottage St. in Allentown section of Buffalo; house Thomas Coatsworth built for his bride, Electra, in 1869. See Francesca Coatsworth above. | 6 |
Crèche |
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The first day care center in the US; established by Maria Love. Demolished. | 1 |
184 Delaware | Home of Dr. Walter Cary and his wife, Julia Love Cary | 35 | |
"downtown hotel" - clearly referring to the Lafayette Hotel |
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Major turn-of-the-century hotel in Buffalo; designed by Louise Blanchard Bethune | 6 |
DL&W Railroad |
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Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad; the train shed still stands at the end of the Rapid Transit line at the foot of Main St.; the shed is located on the northern shore of the Buffalo River | 22 |
Echota |
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Stanford White-designed factory worker housing for the Niagara Falls power company; most of the houses in the several block area still stand | |
Ellicott Square Building |
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Built in 1896, it was the largest office building in the country | 10 |
Erie Canal |
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Buffalo became the western terminus in 1825; led to Buffalo's growth from a sleepy village to a major city | 21 |
Express |
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One of Buffalo's two major newspapers at the turn of the century | 16 |
Falconwood |
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Private club on Grand Island, accessible only by boat in 1901 | 25 |
Fine Arts Academy |
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The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, founded in 1862, is the parent organization of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. | 2 |
Fitch Crèche |
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The first day care center in the US; established by Maria Love. Demolished. | 7 |
Forest Lawn Cemetery |
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Buffalo's largest cemetery | 10 |
Franklin School |
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10 | |
Goat Island (Hermit's Cascade, bridge to Asenath) |
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Near the Niagara Falls | 2 |
Grain elevators |
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Huge wood, then cement, storage containers for grain shipped from the Midwest; attracted worldwide engineer and architect admirers. Have potential to be major tourist attraction | 22 |
Huyler's |
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Candy shop at 374 Delaware Avenue |
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Iroquois Hotel |
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Luxury hotel. Presently the site of M & T Bank. | 8 |
Lackawanna Steel Mill administration building |
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Brought to Buffalo by John J. Albright, et al.; predecessor of Bethlehem Steel Co. | 13 |
Lafayette Hotel |
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Major turn-of-the-century hotel in Buffalo; designed by Bethune, Louise Blanchard | 6 |
Lincoln Parkway |
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One of the parkways in Olmsted & Vaux's park system in Buffalo | 3 |
Lyric Hall |
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Music hall. Demolished. | 15 |
Maid of the Mist |
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Niagara Falls tourist boat | 17 |
Market Arcade |
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Thoroughpass between Main St. and Washington Market; beautifully restoredin the 1990s; designed by Green and Wicks | 16 |
Macaulay School |
Fictional |
Fictional, but based on Buffalo Seminary School which did not locate on Bidwell Pkwy until 1908 | |
Michigan St. Baptist Church |
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Underground Railroad site; Mary Talbert lived next door | 24 |
Milburn House |
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Demolished, but originally located on Delaware on the present day Canisius High School campus | 22 |
National Assoc. of Colored Women |
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21 | |
Niagara Reservation |
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Name of the state park that includes Niagara Falls | 15 |
Nichols School |
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Private boys' school; now co-ed | 6 |
Orphan Asylum |
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Includes the Infants' Ward; that Francesca Coatsworth is appointed president; present day condos | 16 (20) |
Pan-American Exposition |
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1901 "world's" (actually only the Americas) fair in Buffalo | 1 |
Park Lake |
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Present day Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park; artificial lake designed by Olmsted and Vaux | 2 |
Post Office |
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Officially opened June 1901; now ECC | 10 |
Powerhouse 1, 3 |
Fictional |
Modeled on the Niagara Falls Power Company's landmark Edward Dean Adams station | |
Prudential Building |
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Early skyscraper designed by Sullivan and Adler on Church Street | 10 |
Reservation - the Niagara Reservation |
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First state park in the nation. Designed by Olmsted and Vaux | 15 |
Roycroft community |
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Movement stated by Elbert Hubbard after he made his fortune as sales director for Larkin Soap Co. | 25 |
Rumsey Park |
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The large estate of Aaron Rumsey | 34 |
Sinclair House |
Fictional |
Fictional, but based on Buffalo Seminary Larkin House | 2 |
Soldier's Place |
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Designed by Olmsted and Vaux as part of Buffalo's park and parkways system | |
Stony Point |
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Present day Lackawanna where John J. Albright bought land for the Lackwanna Steel Co. of Scranton. | |
Talbert House |
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Demolished. 521 Michigan Ave., the lot north of the Michigan Street Baptist Church; an historical marker designates the site | 23 |
Three Sisters Islands |
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Small islands near Niagara Falls: Asenath, Angeline, and Celinda Eliza | 2 |
Trinity Church |
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Trinity and Westminster churches, on Delaware Ave. a few blocks away from each other, were the two exclusive churches at the turn of the century. | 2 |
Twentieth Century Club |
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Exclusive women's club - established in part because the Buffalo Club would not allow
women. |
4 |
Western NY & Pennsylvania Line Railroad |
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25 | |
Westminster Presbyterian Church |
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724 Delaware Ave.; erected 1859 | 12 |