The History of Buffalo, New York

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YEAR
Abbott Theatre

1914

Academy of Music

1852, 1868

Adam, J. N.

1906

Adam, Meldrum and AndersonCompany

1994

Adam, Robert B.

1906

Adams, Bruce
Adams Power Station

1895

Adaptive reuse
Adelphia Communications Company 2002
Ads from the 1930s
Aerospace industry
African-Americans

1795, 1796, 1839, , 1843, 1855, 1863, 1914, 1920, 1940, 1960, 1965, 1967,

Airacobra

1935, 1941

Airacomet 1942
Air conditioner 1902
Aircraft

1909, 1910... 1926, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1947,

Airport 1926
Akron, NY See Newstead below
Alberger, Franklin A.
Albright Art Gallery

1904

Albright, John J.

1866, 1900, 1902

Albright-Knox Public Art Initiative
Albright, Langdon
Allegany Reservation 1800
Allen, Lewis Falley

1816, 1827

Allen, Orlando
Allentown
Allentown Art Festival 1957
Americana
  • Tim Tielman, Americana History; illustration
American Brass
American Express 1842,
American Hotel (Main St. near Eagle)

1861

American Hotel (Main St. & Ferry)
American Institute of Architects
American League 1900
American Malting Company 1899
American Revolution 1775
American Shipbuilding Company 1962,
Amherst, NY
Andrle, Otto F.
Andrews Building
Andrews, Major Andre

1833

Applications
Ararat

1825

Arcade, The

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Elevator
Arlen, Harold

1939

Armories
Arnold, C. D.
Art
Arts & Crafts Movement

1888

Associated Buffalo Architects Inc.

1920

Attica Correctional Facility 1971
Auditorium, The
Austin Building
Austin Street

1813

Automobile

1901, 1902, 1908, 1910

Avery House

Baetzhold, A
Bailey
Balcom, Philo
Baltic 1847
Bank of Buffalo

1894, 1846

Bankers
Banks
Barker, Pierre A.
Barnes Bancroft & Co.
Barton, Hiram
Baseball

1988

Basil Brothers
Bath house
Baxter, A. E.
Beach, Howard
Beachy, Lincoln 1911
Becker, Philip

1876, 1886

Beebe, M. E.

1887

Beer

1845, 1872, 1901, 1953, 1972,

Beirel, Max

1888

Belfer, Lauren
Bell Aircraft
Bell, Lawrence
Belt Line Railroad

1883, 1888

Bennett Beach
Bennett Kit Homes, North Tonawanda
Bennett, Joseph
Bennett, Lewis J.
Berger's Department Store, L.L.
Berkshire Hathaway 2002,
Berlin, Dorothy Goetz
Bernstein, Peter L.
Berrick, Alfred E.
Best Street
Bethlehem Steel

1922, 1939, 1950, 1983,

Bethune, Louise Blanchard

1892

Beveridge, Charles E.
Bicycles
Bidwell & Banta 1846, 1847
Bidwell, Brigadier General Daniel Davidson

1864

Bidwell Parkway
Big Tree Road 1805
Bird Island / Bird Island Pier
Bird, William A.

1854

Birge Family

1916,

Bishop, Charles F.
Bishop Fallon High School
Bitter, Karl

Black Rock

1812, 1813, 1837, 1845, 1853, 1854

Blacks See African-Americans above
"Blizzard of 77" 1977
Blocher, John
Boasberg, Al
Bohen, Timothy
Boldt, John E.
Born, Philip 1845
Bottle collecting
Bowler, R. Arthur
Bowstring truss bridges
Boxing
Braun, Joseph

1924

Breckenridge St. Presbyterian Church

1831

Brent, John E.

1926

Brewing Industry

1901

Bricks
Bridges
Briggs, Horace
Brisbane Building
Broadway
Broexl Hotel
Brodie, Stephen

1899

Brown, Byron
Brown, Christopher N.
Brown, Clinton
Brown, John Y. 1976, 1977
Brown, William Wells
Brush, Alexander

1869

Bryant Street 1854
Buchanan, William I.
Buck, George S.

Buffalo, City of

1816, 1832

Digitized books
Buffalo City Directories
Buffalo Common Council Proceedings
Buffalo Full Text
Buffalo Maps
Buffalo Newspapers
Buffalo Deaths
Buffalo Underground Railroad Sites
Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts 1862
Buffalo Amateurs
Buffalo and Attica Railroad 1852
Buffalo and Black Rock Land and Railroad Company 1834
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Museum
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

1836, 1887

Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company

1889, 1902

Buffalo Architecture Foundation
Buffalo Athletic Club

1924

Buffalo Automobile Club 1900
Buffalo Aviation Meet 1911
Buffalo Barracks

1812, 1838

Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills 1973, 1988, 1991, 1993
Buffalo Bisons

1880, 1890, 1970 , 1979, 1988

Buffalo Board of Education 1965, 1976
Buffalo Board of Trade 1848
Buffalo Braves Basketball Team 1970
Buffalo Cement Co.
Buffalo Central School

1852

Buffalo China Inc.

1901

Buffalo City Water Works 1849
Buffalo Club

1867

Buffalo Consistory
Buffalo Convention Center 1978
Buffalo Convention Hall
Buffalo Country Club 1910
Buffalo Creek 1800, 1818
Buffalo Doubles
Buffalo Downtown Tour for Children
Buffalo Driving Park
Buffalo Engine Company
Buffalo Electric Carriage Co.
Buffalo Fair Grounds 1911
Buffalo Female Academy (Buffalo Seminary)

1900,

Buffalo Fire Appliance Corporation
Buffalo Forge Co.
Buffalo Foundry
Buffalo Gas and Light Company

1848

Buffalo Gasolene Motor Co.
Buffalo Gazette 1811
Buffalo General Hospital 1858
Buffalo German Insurance Co.
Buffalo Harbor
Buffalo Harbor Company, The 1819
Buffalo Historical Society

1862, 1950

Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo History Websites
Buffalo Library
Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System 1985
Buffalo Lighthouse

1818, 1833

Buffalo millionaires
Buffalo movies
Buffalo Municipal Airport 1926
Buffalo Museum of Science

1928

Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park 1977
Buffalo News
Buffalo Niagara International Airport 1997
Buffalo-Niagara Landmark Signage Project
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Buffalo of Today: Domestic and Industrial
Buffalo Park System
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Pitts Company
Buffalo Plains

1797, 1841

Buffalo Plastering & Architectural Casting, Inc.
Buffalo Police 1880
Buffalo postcards
Buffalo Pottery

1901

Buffalo Presidential Center
Buffalo Public Art  
Buffalo Public Library

1836, 1887

Buffalo Public Schools
Buffalo Research (Cynthia Van Ness)
Buffalo River
Buffalo RiverWorks
Buffalo's Best
Buffalo's Own Regiment

1899

Buffalo Sabres 1970, 1975, 1996
Buffalo Saengerbund
Buffalo Savings Bank

1846, 1983

Buffalo Starch Factory 1864
Buffalo State Office Building

1972

Buffalo Theater

Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum
Buffalo Urban League 1927
Buffalo Zoo 1875
Builders' Exchange Building
Bull, Absalom 1830
Burnham, D. H.
Burke, Philip
Burt, F. N
Burt House
Buses 1950
Bush

1859

Busti, Paolo

1802

Butler

1873

Butler, Robert

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Caldwell, Taylor 1900
Calling card
Calspan

1943

Canal District

1887, 1910

Canalside
Candlelight Tour, 2011
Canisius College 1870
Caroline Incident
Carrére, John Merven
Carrier, Willis

1902, 1950

Cary family
Cary Safe Co.
Casino Niagara 1996
Cass, Mary R.
Cattaraugus Reservation 1800
Castiglia, Bradley
Castle, The (Fort Porter)

1837

Castle Inn

1901

Cathedral Park

1888, 1971

Cathedral School (St. Joseph's)
Caudell, Richard
Caulkins, F. W.
Cazenove, Theophile 1800, 1802
Cazenovia Park
Cemeteries

1832, 1850

Central High School

1852

Central Park
Central Presbyterian Church 1912,
Central Terminal - See New York Central Terminal below  
Central Wharf
Chamber of Commerce
Chandler, Henry
Chapin, Dr. Cyrenius

1804

Chapin, Brigadier General Edward Payson

1863, 1888

Chapin Parkway
Chapman, Charlie "The Tuna" 1981
Chappelle, Frank H.
Chautauqua
Cheektowaga
Chemical industry 1920,
Cherry, Nicole
Children
Children's Hospital
Chinese
Chippewa Market

1892

Cholera epidemic

1832, 1849

Christopher, Joseph 1980
Churches
Circle Theatre

1914

City Bank 1836
City Charter

1853, 1892

City Court Building

1974

City Directories
City Hall

1931

City Honors School
City limits

1854

"City of Light" (Lauren Belfer's novel)
City Ship Canal

1847

Civic Stadium

1933

Civil War 1861-1865

1861, 1863

Clarence, NY
Clarendon Hotel

1860

Clark, Archibald 1812
"Classic Buffalo"
Clemens, Samuel
Clement Brick Museum
Clement, Carolyn Tripp

Cleveland, Frances Folsom

1886

Cleveland, Grover

1837, 1859, 1863, 1870, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1893

Clinton Brown Company Architecture/Rebuild
Clinton, George W.
Cobblestone Historic Preservation District
Coe Place
Coit, George

1818

Colby, Patricia Oishei 2001
Cold Springs

1810, 1811, 1845, 1889

Coles, Robert Traynham
Col. Francis Ward Pumping Station 1915
Collins, Jimmy

Collins, Max
Colonial Circle
Colored Methodist Society 1831,
Colored Musicians Club
Colton, Bishop Charles Henry
Columbian Exposition (Chicago)
Commercial Advertiser

1835

Commercial Bank 1834
Commercial Slip
Common Council
Concrete
Concrete Grain Elevators 1914
Conlin, John
Connecticut Street Armory
Conners, William J.
Consistory
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation

1924, 1935

Cook, Eli

1853

Cooke, Walter P. 1929,
Copper 1910,
Cornell, Katharine

1974

Cornell, S. Douglas

1896

Cornell University Library - New York Historical Literature
Cotton, Ana 1989
Courier Cable Company 1971
Courier Express

1982

Court House
Cowper, John W.
Coxhead, John H.
Crooker, Ballard I.
Crow's Tavern
Crystal Beach
Curtin, Federal Judge John 1965
Curtiss, Glenn H.
Curtiss, Harlow C.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
Czechs 1924,
Czolgosz [chol'gosh], Leon

1901


Dairy
Daisy Potato Chips
Danilewicz, Kazimierz
Dan Montgomery's
Dann, E. S.
Dante Project/Marine Drive Apartments
Darry, William 1852
Dart, Joseph

1841

Davis, Jacob
Dayton, Lewis P.
Debs, Eugene V.
Deck, Gregory 1921
Deco restaurants

1921

de Forest, Marian
Delaware and North Cemetery

1832

Delaware Avenue

1924,

Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
Delaware Historic District
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Delaware Park (Original name: The Park)

1868

Denton , Cottier & Daniels
Depew Avenue
Depew, Chauncey
Depew, Ganson
Depew, NY
Derwood Hotel
De Tocqueville

1831

Diebold, Charles, Jr.
Diehl, Conrad

1872, 1898

Dinsmore, Ed 1948
Directories
DL&W
Dodge Luhan, Mabel
Dodge Reservoir
Dodge Street
Dold, Jacob
Donohue, William J.
Donovan, William
Dorn, Joseph
Dorsheimer, Williamw

1877

Douglass, Frederick
Douglas Jemal
Downing, Andrew Jackson
Downtown Tour Workbook
Dirigible 1906


Dowd, Bernard J.
Downtown Buffalo

Drama

Drennan, William Alexander
Driving Park

1888, 1911

Droze, Augustina, artist
Dubois, W.E.B. 1905
Dug's Dive
Dunbar, Robert
Dwight, Timothy

1804


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Eagle Hotel
Eagle Park 1912
Eagle Street Theatre

1836

Eagle Tavern
East Buffalo Livestock Exchange
Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church 2001
(East) Ferry Corridor Project
East North Street Cemetery

1832

East Side
East Utica Street
Eberhardt, L.P.A. and Fred
Ederer, Martin F.
Edson, Jack
Eidlitz, Cyrus 1887
Edisonia
Edna Place
Electric chair
Electric Elevator
Electricity
Electric street cars

1889, 1896, 1900

"Elephant Joe"
Elevators
Elk Street Market

1845

Ellicott, Andrew

1789

Ellicott Historic Preservation District

Ellicott, Joseph

1800, 1801, 1802, 1826

Ellicott, Lt. James D. 1812
Ellicott Square Building

1894, 1896, 1971

Ellicott Street
Elm trees
Elmwood Armory
Elmwood Avenue

1900, 1907

Elmwood Music Hall
Ely, W. C. 1904
Emergency Hospital 1902
Energy
Entertainment Hall of Fame
Erie Basin Marina 1974

Erie Canal

1817, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1855, 1860, 1869, 1900, 1925,


Erie County

1821

  • Population
  • Seal

    Erie County Savings Bank
    Erie Freight House

    Erie Indians 1655
    Erie Railroad 1869

    Erie Street 1860
    Erlanger Theater

    Erne, Frank
    Ernst, Suzanne

    E.R. Thomas Motor Company 1908

    Esenwein, August
    Esty, Harold M., Jr.

    Ethnic Groups See specific names, e.g., African-Amrican, Irish-American
    Evans Elevator
    Evans, William 1927
    Explore Buffalo


    Fagant, John
    Fairmont Creamery / Coffee Rich
    Falconwood Club
    Falzone, Lucy 1989
    Fargo, William G.

    1842, 1862

    Fassett, Theodore
    Faust, Catherine
    Federal Great Seal
    Feine, August
    Fenians

    1866

    Ferry Street Corridor Project
    Fidelity Trust Company
    Figas, Father Justin M.
    Fillmore, Glezen

    1818

    Fillmore Hotel

    1881, 1901

    Fillmore, Millard

    1800, 1815, 1823, 1826, 1828, 1833, 1844, 1846, 1849, 1850, 1858, 1874, 1881

    Fillmore neighborhood
    Film history
    First Baptist Church
    First Battalion, Thirteenth US Infantry

    1889

    First Church of Christ in Buffalo

    1812

    First Congregational Church of Buffalo
    First Unitarian Church
    First Ward
    Fisher, Bruce
    Fitch Creche

    1880

    Fleet, Reuben H. 1924
    Fleischmann, Manly
    Flint & Kent Deprtment Store
    Flint Hill

    1813

    Flour Mills - See Grain Elevators below  
    Folsom, Frances

    1886

    Ford Motor Co. 1992
    Forest Lawn Cemetery

    1850

    Fort Adams
    Fort Niagara

    Fort Porter

    1837, 1889

    Fort Tompkins
    Fosdick, Dr, Frank Sheldon
    Fosdick-Masten H. S.
    Fox, Austin
    Fox Movie Company 1929,
    Franklin, Robert
    Franklin Street Cemetery

    1832

    Freedman, Maryann Saccomando
    Freedom Wall
    Free-Soil party 1848

    French and Indian War

    1689, 1756,

    "French Castle"
    Front, The (Front Park)

    1868

    Frontier Telephone
    Frontier Theatre

    1913

    Fruit Belt
    Fryer, Robert Livingston
    Fryer, Tony
    Fuhrmann, Louis

    Fulton History website

    Fulton, Robert 1807, 1813
    Fundalinski, Bogdan
    Fuqua, Charles G.

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    Gardner, Edith Sidway
    Gardner, Noah
    Gardner, William Allan
    Gates Circle
    Geddes, James 1808
    G. Elias & Bro., Inc., 1921
    General Motors 1923, 1943
    Genesee Gateway Historic District
    Genesee Hotel
    Geography
    Geology
    Gerber, David A.

    German American Bank
    German Insurance Co.
    Germans

    1845, 1855, 1915,

    Giallombardo, Michael
    Giambra, Joey
    Gibson, Johnson and Ehle

    1826

    Gold
    Goldman, Mark
    Goldome

    1983, 1991

    • Goldome Illustrations, history, architecture
    Golf
    Good, Daniel
    Goodrich, Jimmy
    Goodyear, A. Conger
    Goodyear, Charles W.

    1866, 1902, 1905,

    Goodyear, Ella Portia Conger
    Goodyear, Frank H. , Sr.

    1866, 1902, 1905,

    Graebner, William

    Grain Elevator
    Grand Island

    1833, 1852, 1859, 1912, 1935,

    Grande, Joseph A.
    Granger, Erastus

    1804

    Grant, Frank

    1896,

    Grant / Amherst Neighborhood
    Grant, W. T.
    Grattan, W.S.
    Gratwick
    Greatbatch, Wilson

    1959, 1986

    Great Northern Grain Elevator
    Greater Buffalo Press, Inc. / West Side Pet Clinic / Pawprints
    Greeks 1924,
    Green, Anna Katherine

    1878, 1888

    Green, E. B.

    1888

    Griffin, James

    1978

    Griffins Mills, NY
    "Griffon"

    1679

    Grosvenor Library 1870
    Guaranty Building

    1896


    Hamlin family
    Hamlin Park

    1858, 1888, 1911

    Harbor, Buffalo
    Harbor Inn
    Harrington, Isaac R.
    Harrison, Benjamin 1888
    Hauptman, Herbert 1985
    Haven, J. F.
    Haven, Solomon G.
    Hawley, Chris

    1881

    Hengerer, William
    Hennepin, Father Louis
    Hens & Kelly Department Store
    Hens, Mathias

    1888

    Herrala, Andrew
    Hertel Avenue
    Hewitt, H. H.
    Hippodrome Theatre 1904,
    Hispanics
    Historic buildings
    Historic districts
    History Museum, Buffalo
    History websites, Buffalo
    Hodge, Joseph
    Hodge, Philander
    Hodge, William

    1810

    Hofeller, Eli David
    Hoffman, George L.
    Hoisington, Job

    Holland Land Company

    1791, 1798, 1800, 1815

    Holland, Nelson
    Holland Place
    Holling, Thomas L.
    Holmes, Maud
    Homeopathic Hospital
    Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corp. 1978
    Hope, John 1905
    Hospitals 1998
    Hotel Buffalo
    Hotel Fillmore - See Fillmore Hotel above
    House research
    Houses of Worship
    Howard Iron Works 1849
    Howard, Kathleen
    Howe, Abel 1801
    HSBC 1999, 2002,
    Hubbard, Alice
    Hubbard, Elbert

    1893, 1915

    Hubbell, Ralph 1948
    Hull, Warren
    Humberstone, H. Bruce
    Humboldt Park
    Hungarians 1924,
    Huntington, Richard
    Huntley, Charles R.
    Huron Cement Elevator
    Huxtable, Ada Louise
    Hydraulics, The

    1845


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    Ice boom
    Indians - See Iroquois Confederacy below
    Industry
    Industrial Exposition 1869
    Industrial Heritage Trail
    Influenza 1918
    Intensive Level Surveys
    International Grain Elevator
    International Industrial Fair

    1888

    International Railroad Bridge
    Irish

    1855, 1862, 1863

    Iron Industry in Buffalo, NY 
    Iron Island

    Iroquois Confederacy

    Early 17th c., 1756, 1775, 1786

    Iroquois Hotel

    1887, 1889

    Iroquois Iron Works
    Irwin, Robert J. A.
    Italians

    1910, 1924,


    Jablonksi, Peter
    Jack-Knife Bridge
    James, Rick (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.)
    Jefferson Avenue
    Jemal, Douglas
    Jemison, Mary
    Jewett
    Jewett & Root stoves
    Jewett, Edgar B.
    Jewett, Elam R.

    1888

    Jewett, J. C.
    Jewett refrigerators
    Jewett, Sherman S.
    Jews

    1915, 1920, 1924,

    Johnson, Dr. Ebenezer

    1832, 1834, 1900, 1907,

    Johnson, Larry
    Johnson Immigration Restriction Act

    1924

    Johnson, John

    1841

    Johnson, Mamie Beale
    Johnson Park

    1907,

    Johnson, Pete
    Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion
    Johnston, Captain William (Johnson)

    1798, 1800

    Joiner, Wanda Frey
    Joncaire

    1721

    Jones, Horatio

    1797

    Jones Iron Works
    Jonson, George Washington
    Joseph Ellicott Historic District
    Josephs, "Elephant Joe"
    Juba Storrs & Co.
    Jubilee Springhouse

    1830

    Junior League Showhouses

    Kaleida Health 1998
    Kaisertown
    Kansas, Rocky
    Kavanagh, Patrick
    Keating, Robert
    Keller, Fred 1948
    Kelley, Abby
    Kellogg Elevators
    Kellogg, Spencer
    Kellogg, Spencer, Jr.
    Kelly, David 1888
    Kelly, Jim 1991
    Kelly, Joseph
    Kenilworth Race Track
    Kensington
    Kensington Expressway

    1967

    Kent, Edward Austin

    1888, 1896

    Ketchum. Jesse
    Ketchum, William

    1844

    Key Bank 1991
    King Charles II 1664
    King, Martin Luther Jr Park
    Kingcobra 1941
    Kirkhofer, Alfred H. 1948
    Kit houses
    Kittinger firniture
    Kleinhans, Edward L. and Mary Seaton Kleinhans
    Kleinhans Music Hall 1940,
    Knight, Erastus
    Knox Family

    1893, 1916,

    Kobacker's Department Store
    Koch, William
    Kowal, Chester
    Kowsky, Francis R.
    Kraft, James Lewis
    Kremlin Building
    Krips, Josef
    Ku Klux Klan, Buffalo (KKK)

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    Lackawanna Steel

    1889, 1900,, 1902, 1922

    Lafayette Hotel

    1904

    Lafayette, Marquis de
    Lafayette Square

    1884 , 1912

    Lafayette Theater
    Lalli, Dr. V. Roger
    Lancaster
    Landmarks
    Landmark Signage Project
    Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier
    Landon, Joseph

    1796

    Lane, Ezekial

    1800

    Lang, Gerhard

    1845, 1872, 1901

    Lansing, Henry Livingston
    Larkin Center of Commerce (building)
    Larkin District
    Larkin, John / Larkin Soap Company

    1875, 1901, 1904, 1950

    LaSalle, Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de
    Latinos
    Laurel Street

    Lautz, Frederick Christian Martin

    LeCouteulx,
    Monsieur Louis Stephen LeCouteulx de Chaumont
    Lehigh Valley Railroad Terminal
    Letchworth, Edward P. 1929,
    Letchworth, Josiah
    Lee, J. H.
    Levy, Alexander O.
    Lewis F. Allen House

    1816

    Lewiston, NY
    Library

    1836, 1887

    Lighthouse See Buffalo Lighthouse above
    Light Rail Rapid Transit system 1979
    Lincoln, Abraham
    Lincoln Parkway
    Lind, Jenny 1851
    Lindberg, Arthur
    Linwood Avenue
    Little. H. H.
    Livery 1828
    Livestock Exchange

    1892

    Livestock industry
    L. L. Berger Specialty  Store
    Lockport
    Lockwood, Belva
    Lockwood, Thomas
    Lockwood, Timothy T.
    Long, Richard 1978
    Longshed
    Love Canal 1978
    Love family

    Lovejoy

    1813,

    Lovejoy, Henry
    LTV Steel
    Luhan, Mabel Dodge
    Lumber

    M&T Bank (Manufacturers and Traders)

    1856, 1991, 2002,

    • M&T Bank History, architecture, illustrations
    Machinery
    Mahoney, Patrick
    Mahoney, Walter J.

    1972

    Main Food Mart
    Main Street

    1797

    Majestic Theatre

    1912,

    Makowski, Stanley M.
    Mann, Dr. Matthew D.
    Manning, John B.
    Mansion House
    Manufacturing 1860, 1899, 1910, 1982,
    Manufacturers & Traders Bank See "M&T" above
    Maps
    Marine Drive Apartments/Dante Project
    Marine Midland Arena 1996
    Marine Midland Bank / Marine Trust Bank

    1999, 1929,

    Marionettes
    Mark, Mitchell
    Market Arcade

    1892

    Market House
    Market Square Historic District
    Markiewicz, David 
    Marquis de Lafayette

    1825

    Martin, Darwin D.
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
    Martin, Richard 1975
    Maryniak, Benedict R,
    Masiello, Anthony
    Masten Armory
    Masten, Joseph G.

    1843, 1845

    Masten Park High School

    1897

    Matthews, George B. 1866, 1926
    Matthews, James Newson
    Mayors of Buffalo

    1853, 1882, 1892

    Mazur, Jozef
    McDonald, Cheryl
    McDonnell and Sons
    McIntosh, Caroline Carmichael

    1826

    McKim, Mead and White
    McKinley Monument

    1907

    McKinley, Pres. William

    1901, 1907

    McNulty, James
    Mechanics Association 1869,
    Medical Campus, Buffalo Niagara
    Memorial Auditorium

    1940, 1970

    "Merle M. McCurdy"
    Metcalfe House
    Methodists

    1818

    Metropolitan Theatre

    1852, 1868

    "Michigan, The" 1827
    Michigan Avenue
    Michigan Avenue Bridge
    Michigan Avenue YMCA

    1926

    Michigan Central Railroad 1888
    Michigan Street Baptist Church

    1849, 1905

    Michigan-Sycamore Historic District

    Middaugh, Martin

    1794, 1800

    Milburn, John

    1901, 1902

    Mile Strip 1813
    Millard Fillmore Hospital
    Miller, Annie Lang
    Miller, Jacob 1828
    Millionaires

    1866

    Mingus, Nancy
    Mirror Theatre

    1909

    Mitchell, Todd
    Moonglo
    Morahan, Eugene
    Morgan Building
    Morris Avenue
    Morris, Robert

    1797

    Morrison, Darrel
    Murals, outdoor
    Muscato, Phil
    Muskat, Barry A.
    Movies
    Mruk, Joseph
    Mulligan, Charlotte
    Museums
    Music Halls
    Myer, Albert James

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    Napora, James
    Nash, J. Edward
    National Aniline and Chemical Company 1914
    National Association of Colored Women

    1901

    National Gypsum Co. 1926
    National Trust for Historic Perservation Conference, 2011
    National Register of Historic Places
    Native Americans
    Naval and Servicemen's Park 1979
    Neighborhoods
    Neri, Martha
    Net-Zero Energy House
    New Amsterdam

    1800

    New Cathedral
    New Richmond Hotel, The

    1887

    Newspapers
    Newstead, NY
    New York Central Railroad

    1869, 1892, 1929

    New York State Assembly 1828
    New York State Canal 1808
    New York State Pavilion

    1901

    New York State seal
    New York Stock Exchange 1792
    New York Times
    "Niagara" (steamer) 1846,
    Niagara Falls
    Niagara Frontier Transportayion Authority (NFTA)
    Niagara Hotel, Buffalo, NY
    Niagara Lithographing Co.
    Niagara Movement

    1905

    Niagara Reservation

    1883, 1887


    Niagara Square

    1800, 1820, 1825, 1836, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1878, 1881, 1888, 1901, 1907, 1923, 1924, 1931, 1936, 1974

    Niagara Street
    Niagara Street Methodist Church
    Nichols, George
    Niederlander, Daniel B.
    Noah, Mordecai Manuel

    1825,

    Nominations  
    Northampton Street
    North Park
    North Presbyterian Church 1904,
    Northrup, William Phelps 1888
    North Street Cemetery
    Norton, Charles 1916
    Noye, John S.
    Nye Park

    O'Connor, Thomas
    Offermann, Frank J.
    Offermann, Gottfried
    Offermann Stadium
    Ogden Company 1838
    Ohio Basin
    Ohio Sreet Bridge
    Oishei , John 1940
    Oishei Foundation 1940, 2001
    Olcott, Chauncey

    1932, 1947

    Olcott Hotel
    Old Court House
    Old Public Library See "Public Library" below
    Oldman Boiler Works
    Old Fort Niagara
    Olenik & Reisem
    Olmsted, Frederick Law

    1868, 1872, 1887, 1888

    Olmsted, Harold
    Olympic Movie Theatre
    Olympic Park

    1890

    Opera House
    Orphanages
    Osgood, Sharon
    Osgood, Thaddeus

    1812

    Otis, Rainsford 1841
    Otowega Golf Club
    Otto Store

    1896


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    Paine, General 1802
    Palmer, John

    1800

    Palmer's Views
    Pan-American Exposition

    1901

    Pankow, Steven
    Parade, The
    (Humboldt Park; Martin Luther King Jr. Park)

    1868 1872, 1876

    Paramount movie theater
    Park, Roswell, M.D.
    Park, The (Delaware Park)

    1868

    Park System

    Parker, Ely

    1828, 1895

    Parker, James Benjamin

    Parks

    1868 1872, 1876

    Parkside neighborhood

    1797, 1841, 1888

    Parkside Unitarian Church

    1897

    Parkways
    Patriot War of 1837 in Canada

    1837

    Paul, Tommy
    Pavement markers

    1920

    Peace Bridge

    1927

    People's Bank
    People's Church
    Perky, Henry 1900
    Perrault, Gilbert 1975
    Perry, Oliver Hazard
    Peters, Arlan
    Petroleum Industry
    Pfitzner, A. L. 1910
    Phoebe Snow
    Phoenix Hotel
    Photographers/Photography

    Piarists
    Pierce, Dr. Ray Vaughn

    1877

    Pierce, Dr. V. Mott 1900
    Pierce-Arrow autos

    1901, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1921, 1937,

    Pierce, George N.

    1908

    Pierce-Arrow Museum
    Pillsbury Grain Elevator

    1894,

    Pitass, Rev. Jan 1882,
    Plains, The 1845
    Playboy Motor Co.
    Plymouth Avenue
    Poinsett Barracks

    1838, 1845

    Police

    1871

    Polish

    1910, 1911, 1924,

    Pollack, Susan M.
    Population

    1810, 1820, 1825, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1890, 1900, 1901, 1910

    Porter, Cyrus K.

    Porter, General Peter

    1816, 1827, 1830, 1844

    Postcards
    Post Office

    1804, 1837

    Potters Field

    1832

    Pratt
    Pratt & Lambert Co.
    Pratt & Letchworth
    Presidential Center, Buffalo
    Presidents, US
    President William McKinley
    Preservation
    Preservation Buffalo Niagara
    Preservation Coalition of Erie County
    Preservation Studios
    Price, Bren
    Prince & Co.
    Prince, Denise
    Private schools
    Proctor, Phimister
    Prospect Hill
    Public Art
    Public Library

    1836, 1887

    Public schools
    Public transit 1854
    Pulaski, Casimir
    Puma, Jerome
    PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing)

    Quigley, Bishop James
    Quinan, Jack

    Railroad

    1834, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1855, 1863, 1877, 1887, ,1899, 1900, 1910,

    Ralph, Edmund 1829,
    Ramsdell, Orin Palmer
    Rand, George F.

    1929,

    Rand, George F., Jr.
    Ransom, Asa

    1801

    Ransom, Mrs. M. A.
    Rapid Transit system 1980,
    Rathbun, Benjamin

    1835, 1843

    Red Jacket

    1774, 1797 , 1838

    Reigstad, Thomas J.
    Reed Grain Elevator
    Reiff, Daniel D.
    Republic Steel Corporation

    1984

    Research buildings
    Reservoir, Best Street
    Rich, Andrew J.
    Richardson, Henry Hobson

    1887, 1888

    Richmond Avenue
    Richmond Elevator
    Richmond Hotel

    1887

    Richmond, Jewett. M.
    Riley, Maj. Gen. Bennett
    Riley Street
    River Lea
    Riverside
    Rizzo, Salvatore
    Robert, Rene 1975
    Rochester & Tonawanda Railroad 1844
    "Rockpile, The"
    Roesch, Charles E.
    Rogers, Maj. Gen. William F.
    Rogers, William A.
    Rogovin, Milton

    1999, 2001

    Rohlfs, Charles

    1888

    Roman Catholic Church
    Roosevelt, Theodore

    1901

    Roos Brewery
    Root, Edward 1826
    Root, Robert Keating
    Roswell Park Institute 1997
    Rote, David M.
    Roycroft

    1893

    Rumsey
    Russell, Washington Adams 1841
    Ryan, Stephen V.

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    Sabres, Buffalo
    1970, 1975, 1996
    Sacred Heart Church
    Saengerbund
    Saengerfest
    Saint Anthony's RC Church
    Saint Bonaventure's Basketball Team 1970
    Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
    Saint James Hall
    Saint John, Gamaliel
    Saint John, LeGrand
    Saint John, Margaret

    1813

    Saint John, Sarah
    Saint Joseph's Cathedral School
    Saint Joseph's College
    Saint Joseph's RC New Cathedral
    Saint Lawrence Seaway 1960
    Saint Louis Church

    1843

    Saint Paul's Church (Cathedral)

    1819, 1888, 1900

    Saint Peter's German Evangelical Church
    Saint Peter's Lutheran Church
    Saint Stanislaus Church 1882,
    Salisbury, Hezekiah A. 1811
    Salisbury, Smith H. 1811
    Sample Shop
    Satterfield, John
    Sattler, John G.

    1914

    Sattler Theatre

    1914

    Savoy Theatre

    1909

    Scaife, Rt. Rev. Lauriston 1948

    Scajaquada Creek

    Scajaquada Expressway
    Scatcherd, John N.
    Scheu, Solomon
    Schlicker Organ Company
    Schober, Jeff
    Schoell, Frankie
    Schoellkopf Family
    Schoolhouse

    1807

    Schools

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    Schwab, Frank X.
    Scott, Brig. Gen Winfield
    Scoville, Jonathan
    Scozza, Lou
    Sculptures
    Seals
    Sears Catalog Homes
    Sedita, Frank A.
    Seiche of 1844 1844
    Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf

    Senecas

    1500, 1756, 1764, 1774, 1775, 1788, 1791, 1797, 1838

    Settlers
    74th Regimental Armory See "Armories" above
    Shanks, Bruce

    1958

    Shatkin, Paul
    Shea, Judith
    Shea' s Buffalo Theater

    1976

    Sheehan Emergency 1902
    Sheehan, John C.
    Sheehan, William
    Shelgren, O. William Jr.
    Shelton, Eminent Rev. William

    1840, 1884, 1900

    Shelton Square
    Shepard, Sidney
    Sheppard, James D. 1844
    Sherman, Village of
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    SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office)
    Sidewalk markers

    1920

    Sidway
    Signage Project, Landmark
    Silsbee, Joseph Lyman
    Silver Creek's giant tree 1825
    Simon, William 1888
    Simpson, O. J. 1973
    Siracuse, Carol Case
    Sisters' Hospital

    1848

    Sisti, Tony
    65th Regiment Armory
    Sizer, Henry
    Skinner, Martha St. John
    Skyway 1955
    Skyway Marina
    Slattery, James
    Slave 1793, 1795, 1823, 1835, 1847, 1851
    Slawinski, Jozef
    Slip form continuous pour method
    Small Business Administration
    Smith, Bruce 1988
    Smith, Henry K.
    Smith, H. Perry
    Smith, Joseph 1827
    Snelson, Kenneth
    Snyder, Michael 1882
    Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Lafayette Square

    1884

    Soldiers Circle
    South Buffalo
    South Park
    South Towns Byway: Resource Inventory
    Sowers Manufacturing Co.

    Spaulding, Charlotte
    Spaulding, E. G.

    1847, 1862

    Sprague, Carlton
    Springville, NY
    Stained glass
    St. - See "Saint" above

    Stallions 1979
    Standard Milling Company
    Stanley, Winifred Claire
    Star Theatre
    State Normal School at Buffalo

    1870

    State University of New York
    College at Buffalo
    1870

    State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo/ University at Buffalo)

    Statler, Ellsworth

    1896, 1906, 1923

    Steamboat 1820, 1834, 1837,
    Steel
    Steel industry

    See:

    Stella Niagara Preserve
    Sterling Engine Co.
    Stevens, Frederick P.

    1856

    St. Gaudens - See Saint-Gaudens, Augustus above

    Stock Exchange Hotel
    Stockyards

    Strawberry Island

    Streetcars
    Street railway
    Streeter, Edward
    Strong, George
    Suber, Shirley M. 1971
    Sullivan, Louis

    1896

    SUNY Buffalo
    Surveys
    Swannie House
    Swift, Douglas
    Switek Studios
    Symons, Col. W.
    Szafranski, Brian

    Talbert, Mary B.

    1905, 1922, 1923

    Tanning
    Tasker, Steve 1993
    Taxes
    Taylor, Cecilia Evans
    Team Razor Wire
    Teck Collision Company 1950
    Teck Theater
    Telegraph 1846
    Telephone Company
    Temple Beth El
    Temple of Music

    1901

    Tesla. Nikola
    Tewksbury Incident
    Thayer brothers 1825
    Theater (Drama)

    1976

    Theatre Historic Preservation District
    The Buffalo News
    The Park (Delaware Park)
    Third National Bank
    Thomas, Edwin R.
    Thomas Flyer automobiles
    Thompson, Sheldon

    1840

    Thorne, George L.
    Tielman, Timothy
    Tiffany, Louis Comfort
    Tifft, George W.
    Tifft House
    Tilden, Thomas 1845
    Tillinghast, James
    Timon, John

    1847

    Tingley, Chuck
    Title Guarantee Building
    Tonawanda 1800, 1826
    Townsend, Charles 1846
    Townsend, Harriet
    Trains
    Treaty of Big Tree 1797
    Treaty of Ghent 1814
    Tree
    Trolleys - See "Electric Streetcars" above  
    Troup, George
    Trowbridge, Dr. Josiah
    Tucker Building

    1887

    Tudor style 1888
    Tuscarora Indians 1722, 1800
    Twain, Mark

    1869 , 1872

    Typhoid

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    UB
    Uplinger, Bob
    Underground railroad
    Union Meeting House

    1827

    Unions 1884
    Union Ship Canal
    Unitarian-Universalist Church

    1896, 1969

    United Presbyterian Church
    Uplingher, Bob
    U. S. Bank
    U. S. Custom House
    U. S. Presidents
    University Heights
    University of Buffalo (UB)

    1846, 1916, 1968, 1970

    University Park Historic District
    University Plaza 1939
    Upper Black Rock 1813
    Urban Company / Urban, George Jr.

    1866, 1897, 1902, 1904

    Urban planning

    Valley section
    Vandalia 1842
    Van Derveer, Tara
    Van Ness, Cynthia
    Van Vleck , George H.
    Vaux, Calvert

    1876, 1887

    Veterans
    Victoria, Queen
    Vitascope Theater

    Wachadlo, Martin
    Wadsworth, James
    Wait, Harry R.
    Waite, Richard A.
    Wajed, Edreys

    Walden, Ebenezer

    1806, 1812, 1813, 1829, 1838,

    Walden Galleria 1989
    "Walk-in-the-Water"

    1821

    Walkowski, Jennifer
    Wards

    1853

    War Memorial Stadium

    War of 1812

    1812, 1813, 1814

    Washington Street Market

    Waterfront
    Water - Jubilee Water Works
    Water Pumping Station
    Water - wooden pipes
    Watson Grain Elevator
    Watson, Stephen V.R.
    WBEN 1948
    Weber, Col. John B.
    Wedekindt, Henry
    Weed Block
    Welch, Brigadier General Samuel Manning
    Wells, Chandler
    Wells, Henry 1862
    Wendt, Margaret L.
    Western Association of Architects (WAA)
    Western Literary and Scientific Academy

    1829

    Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame
    Western New York Heritage Magazine
    Western New York Legacy: A Digital Library of Historical Treasures
    Western Savings Bank
    West Ferry Street
    Westinghouse, George
    West Seneca
    West Side
    West Village Historic Preservation District
    WGR 1922
    Whiskey
    Whitaker, Ramona Pando
    White, Dr. James Platt
    White, Jonathan L.
    Wicks, William Sydney 1888
    Wiegand, Art
    Wilcox, Ansley

    1845, 1883, 1901

    Wilkeson, Samuel

    1820, 1824, 1836

    Wilkeson, Col. Samuel H.
    William Simon Brewery 1852
    Williams Family of Buffalo
    Williams, Jonas
    Williamsville
    Williamsville-Buffalo Road 1832
    Willow Lawn

    1888

    Winfield, Mason
    Winney, Cornelius

    1789

    Witul, Gregory L.

    Women
    Women's Christian Association Building,

    1888

    Women's Suffrage 1902 Convention in Buffalo
    Women's Union-Townsend Hall
    Wonderland Building 1893
    Woods, A.
    Woods, Bob

    1935, 1941

    World University Games 1993

    WPA

    Wright, Frank Lloyd

    1888


    YMCA

    1852, 1902

    Yots, Thomas

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    Zimmermann, George

    1938

    Zink and Hatch Building
    Zoschke, Bettie
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