Lafayette Square - Table of Contents

Courthouse Park  / Lafayette Square - Photos and Postcards
Buffalo, NY

Courthouse Park was changed to Lafayette Square in 1873

SEE ALSO: LeGrand St. John drawing of the original 1810 Niagara County Courthouse which was destroyed in the burning of Buffalo during the War of 1812.

Photo source:  Wikimedia Commons (online August 2026) COURT HOUSE PARK, NOW LAFAYETTE SQUARE, IN THE '60'S. SHOWING THE OLD COURT HOUSE, AND THE FIRE TOWER ON BATAVIA STREET. Far left church:  French St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church .

Photo source: The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo, Frank H. Severance, ed. Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 173 Background:  County Courthouse Foreground:  Courthouse Park .

Photo source: The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo, Frank H. Severance, ed. Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 140 Foreground:  Lafayette Square Upper left:  Buffalo Public Library Right middle:  French St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church .

Photo source: The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo, Frank H. Severance, ed. Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 170 Upper left:  French St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Lower left:   Lafayette Square  White buiding:  The Arcade .

Photo source: The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo, Frank H. Severance, ed. Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 141 Left background:  Buffalo German Insurance Co. Center building: Lafayette Presbyterian Church Building to the right of the church:  Rooming house Foreground: Lafayette Square  .

Photo source: Lafayette Presbyterian Church archives Far left background:  Buffalo German Insurance Co. Center left background:  Lafayette Presbyterian Church Center right background:  Rooming house Far right background: Buffalo Savings Bank Foreground:  Soldiers and Sailors Monument .

Photo source:  Benjamin R. Maryniak Lafayette Square in early 1889 Church at far right:  French St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church .

Photo source:  Benjamin R. Maryniak 1889 before reconstruction, but note that the Buffalo Public Library (left) is finished. Center building:  Hotel Lafayette Right:  Brisbane Building .

Photo source:  Benjamin R. Maryniak Buffalo Public Library .

Photo source:  Benjamin R. Maryniak Before WWI Far left building (white): Olympic Movie Theatre Next building to the right: Rooming house Next building to the right:  Buffalo Savings Bank Tallest building in the photo:  Buffalo Public Library .

POSTCARDS

Bottom right:  Lafayette Square Left:  Western Savings Bank Center, tall building:  Genesee Building Upper right:  Buffalo German Insurance .

Bottom right:  Lafayette Square Left:  Western Savings Bank Center, tall building:  Genesee Building Upper right:  Buffalo German Insurance .

Lower left: Lafayette Square Far left, white building: Olympic Movie Theatre Left center, white tower-like building:  Electric Tower Upper right, large red brick building:  Lafayette Theatre Lower right:  Buffalo Public Library .

Left center, building with red striped awning:  Buffalo German Insurance Co. Right center, white building:  Olympic Movie Theatre Building to right of Olympic Movie Theatre:  Rooming house Background far right:  Buffalo Savings Bank Foreground far right:  Soldiers and Sailors Monument .

Upper left:  Buffalo Public Library Left center background:  Hotel Lafayette Right center background:  Brisbane Building Foreground:  Soldiers and Sailors Monument .

Foreground left:  Soldiers and Sailors Monument Upper left background, gray building:  Buffalo Savings Bank Upper right:  Buffalo Public Library .

Background left:  Buffalo Public Library Background center:  Hotel Lafayette Background far right:  Brisbane Building Foreground:  Lafayette Square .

Background left: Hotel Lafayette Background center: Brisbane Building Foreground: Soldiers and Sailors Monument .

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