Erie Savings Bank

Erie County Savings Bank
16 Niagara Street, Shelton Square, Buffalo, NY
Demolished 1968

History Beneath Illustrations

1905 photo

Postcard

"This building is of pink granite from Jonesboro, Maine." - Juanita and Steve
Maine Quarry Historians

Salvaged carved granite face

Erected:
September 11, 1890 to June 1893

Architect:
George B. Post (also designed the Statler Hotel on Delaware Avenue)

A competition was held among 24 architects. See Johanna Hays, Louise Blanchard Bethune: Architect Extraordinaire and First American Woman Architect, Practiced in Buffalo, New York, pp. 202-203 (online Nov. 2012)

Style:
Richardsonian Romanesque

General setting and orientation:
Bank faced northeast on Niagara Street. Bounded on the west by Pearl Street, on the south by Church Street, and on the east by Main Street

Entrance:
Niagara Street. Round compound archway, surmounted by a balustrade flanked by bronze lions.

Wall construction:
Slightly dressed, red granite, ashlar masonry walls backed by brick

Stonework:
Pink granite from Jonesboro, Maine.
Charles Athern, sculptor.
(Source: Juanita and Steve, Maine Quarry Historians)

Structural system, framing:
Although the exterior walls were load-bearing, the building had an interior steel framing system

Consulting engineer in charge of electrical installation:
Thomas A. Edison

Height:
Nine stories high on Main Street side; ten stories high on the Pearl Street side

Foundation:
Concrete; 7 - 13 feet thick

Prior building on the site:
"Old First" Presbyterian Church

Demolition date:
The building was demolished for the Harrison and Abramovitz-designed Erie Saving Bank/Main Place Mall Tower on Main at Church Streets in Buffalo in 1968

Photos and history:
HABS Survey/Historic American Engineering Record - Erie County Savings Bank 12 photos, 6 data pages. TYPE: Erie County Savings Bank

TEXT SOURCE:
Susan R. Slade, 1973 on Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record - Erie County Savings Bank 12 photos, 6 data pages. TYPE: Erie County Savings Bank

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Erected:	September 11, 1890 to June 1893
Architect:	George B. Post (also designed the Statler Hotel on Delaware Avenue) A competition was held among 24 architects. See Johanna Hays, Louise Blanchard Bethune: Architect Extraordinaire and First American Woman Architect, Practiced in Buffalo, New York, pp. 202-203 (online Nov. 2012)
Style:	Richardsonian Romanesque
General setting and orientation:	Bank faced northeast on Niagara Street. Bounded on the west by Pearl Street, on the south by Church Street, and on the east by Main Street
Entrance:	Niagara Street. Round compound archway, surmounted by a balustrade flanked by bronze lions.
Wall construction:	Slightly dressed, red granite, ashlar masonry walls backed by brick
Stonework:	Pink granite from Jonesboro, Maine. Charles Athern, sculptor. (Source: Juanita and Steve, Maine Quarry Historians)
Structural system, framing:	Although the exterior walls were load-bearing, the building had an interior steel framing system
Consulting engineer in charge of electrical installation:	Thomas A. Edison
Height:	Nine stories high on Main Street side; ten stories high on the Pearl Street side
Foundation:	Concrete; 7 - 13 feet thick
Prior building on the site:	"Old First" Presbyterian Church
Demolition date:	The building was demolished for the Harrison and Abramovitz-designed Erie Saving Bank/Main Place Mall Tower on Main at Church Streets in Buffalo in 1968
Photos and history:	HABS Survey/Historic American Engineering Record - Erie County Savings Bank 12 photos, 6 data pages. TYPE: Erie County Savings Bank
TEXT SOURCE:	Susan R. Slade, 1973 on Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record - Erie County Savings Bank 12 photos, 6 data pages. TYPE: Erie County Savings Bank Page by Chuck LaChiusa ..\| ...Home Page ...\| ..Buffalo Architecture Index...\| ..Buffalo History Index...\| .. E-Mail ...\| .. web site consulting by ingenious, inc.