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The Parade House Illustrated History
In present Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Buffalo,
New York
Designed by Calvert
Vaux
Erected in in 1875; burned
in 1876; reconstructed;
demolished in 1904
Source: Webmaster's collection Original Vaux Parade House which burned in 1876 Source: "The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo," Frank H. Severance, ed. Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 202 Original Vaux Parade House which burned in 1876 Original Vaux Parade House which burned in 1876 Source: Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views, Photography Collection, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints & Photographs, The New York Public Library Original Vaux Parade House which burned in 1876 Source: Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views, Photography Collection, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints & Photographs, The New York Public Library Reconstructed (by Wisedell as architect?) Parade House. The smaller Robert Wallace-designed park shelter replaced the reconstructed Parade House soon after its demolition in 1904. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo Olmsted Park Conservancy Reconstructed (by Wisedell as architect?) Parade House. The smaller (and still standing) Robert Wallace designed park shelter replaced the reconstructed Parade House soon after its demolition in 1904. Source: Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum 2002 display |
For the new Buffalo parks, Vaux designed a number
of structures. Outstanding among them was the Parade House, a spectacular timber
building that Vaux proposed in 1871.
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