Market Arcade - Table of Contents

Market Arcade - Exterior
617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

Erected:

1892

Original owner

G.B. Marshall, who made his fortune in oil. He suggested London's Burlington Arcade as a model for architect E. B. Green
Misc. history:
Once known as the Palace Arcade.
Owned by flour miller G. B. Matthews from 1932-1942.
The first US arcade was built in Providence, RI in 1828.

Architect:

Green & Wicks

External building materials:

Terra cotta and Roman brick

Style:

Status:

.Buffalo landmark

Related site:

The Corridor Arcade, Bath, England



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Chippewa Street Market/Washington Street Market

Chippewa Street Market/Washington Street Market postcard.

Main St. facade

Acroterion

 

Acroterion: scroll buttress

Romanesque arches

Keystone with carved bison

Coffered soffit with rosettes



Soffit, including yellow Roman bricks



Marble columns

Corinthian capital atop marble pilaster

Leaf-and-dart and beads

Bases of marble pilaster and column

Market Arcade
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Keystone in Romanesque arch over rounded window

Terra cotta festoon

Brass Art Nouveau style door handles




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Photos and their arrangement © 2007 Chuck LaChiusa.
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