Buffalo's Houses of Worship - Table of Contents

"The Old-Time Down-Town Churches"
Reprinted from
Frank H. Severance, ed. Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo, Buffalo Historical Society, 1912 

Note: A 2018 edition of the book is available for sale in the Buffalo History Museum Bookstore and on Amazon  (online March 2024)

On this page below:

Map / Introduction

St. Paul's and First Presbyterian Churches

First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church

St. John's Episcopal Church

Niagara Street Methodist Church

United Presbyterian Church

Central Presbyterian Church

First Unitarian Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

Church of the Messiah

People's Church

North Presbyterian Church

St. Michael's Church

French St. Peter's RC Church

Lafayette Presbyterian Church

St. Louis RC Church

Delaware Avenue Baptist Church

Church of the Holy Trinity

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Church of the Ascension

German Evangelical St. Lucas Church

St. Joseph's RC Cathedral                        St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral            Asbury Methodist Church             St. Michael's RC Church          St. Paul’s and First Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church                 Erie County Bank St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral               First Presbyterian Church St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral Right background:  Old County Hall St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral               First Presbyterian Church St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral                  St. Joseph's RC Cathedral                First Presbyterian Church   First Presbyterian Church  First Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church First Baptist Church                            Old Post Office First Baptist Church                       First Universalist Church First Universalist Church St. John's Episcopal Church St. John's Episcopal Church                 First Baptist Church St. John's Episcopal Church                     Old Post Office (Federal Building) Niagara Street Methodist Church Central Methodist Episcopal Church                             Wm. G. Fargo United Presbyterian Church Central Presbyterian Church Central Presbyterian Church Central Presbyterian Church First Unitarian Church First Unitarian Church                     Austin Building "It was enlarged in 1845 and again, after a fire in 1859.  In 1880, the society removed to a new church on delaware above mohawk, known as the Church of Our father ... 1906, when the society moved to a new edifice." - Frank H. Severence, Picture Book of earlier Buffalo, p. 120, 135 Trinity Episcopal Church Trinity Episcopal Church Church of the Messiah North Presbyterian Church                           Unitarian Universalist Church James Napora: "[The First Unitarian Church] began worshipping in the Church of the Messiah on North and Mariner (destroyed), home of the city's Universalist congregation."   This photo, presumably,  is of the later replacement building on Main Street. Flint & Kent Store People's Church Henry H. Sizer House North Presbyterian Church North Presbyterian Church St. Michael's Church Canisius College                       St. Michael's RC Church          Canisius College                  St. Michael's RC Church French St. Peter's RC Church Lafayette Hotel Lafayette Presbyterian Church Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church St. Louis RC Church St. Louis RC Church St. Louis RC Church Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Church of the Holy Trinity St. Luke's Episcopal Church Church of the Ascension Episcopal Church of the Ascension German Evangelical St. Lucas Church