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 Anderson Company

1994

Adam, Robert B.

1906

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, Langdon
Allegany Reservation 1800
Allen, Lewis Falley

1816, 1827

Allen, Orlando
Allentown
Allentown Art Festival 1957
Americana
  • Tim Tielman, Americana History; illustration
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,
Andrle, Otto F.
Andrews Building
Andrews, Major Andre

1833

Amherst, NY
Ararat

1825

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,


Baetzhold, A
Bailey
Baltic 1847
Bank of Buffalo

1894, 1846

Bankers
Banks
Baptist Church 1837
Barker, Pierre A.
Barnes Bancroft & Co.
Barton, Hiram
Baseball

1988

Basil Brothers
Baxter, A. E.
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, Joseph
Bennett, Lewis J.
Berkshire Hathaway 2002,
Berlin, Dorothy Goetz
Berrick, Alfred E.
Best Street
Bethlehem Steel

1922, 1939, 1950, 1983,

Bethune, Louise Blanchard

1892

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

1864

Big Tree Road 1805
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
Boldt, John E.
Born, Philip 1845
Bottle collecting
Bowler, R. Arthur
Braun, Joseph

1924

Breckenridge St. Presbyterian Church

1831

Brent, John E.

1926

Brewing Industry

1901

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

1899

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

1869

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

Buffalo

1816, 1832

Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts 1862
Buffalo Amateurs
Buffalo and Attica Railroad 1852
Buffalo & Black Rock Land and Railroad Company 1834
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

1836, 1887

Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company

1889, 1902

Buffalo Architecture Center
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 Central School

1852

Buffalo Convention Center 1978
Buffalo China Inc.

1901

Buffalo City Water Works 1849
Buffalo Club

1867

Buffalo Consistory
Buffalo Country Club 1910
Buffalo Creek 1800, 1818
Buffalo Driving Park
Buffalo Doubles
Buffalo Female Academy (Buffalo Seminary)

1900,

Buffalo Fair Grounds 1911
Buffalo Forge Co.
Buffalo Gas and Light Company

1848

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

1862, 1950

Buffalo Library
Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System 1985
Buffalo Lighthouse

1818, 1833

Buffalo movies
Buffalo Municipal Airport 1926
Buffalo Museum of Science

1928

Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park 1977
Buffalo Niagara International Airport 1997
Buffalo Park System
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Plains

1797, 1841

Buffalo Police 1880
Buffalo postcards
Buffalo Pottery

1901

Buffalo Preservation Board
Buffalo Public Art
Buffalo Public Library

1836, 1887

Buffalo Public Schools
Buffalo River
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 Urban League 1927
Buffalo Zoo 1875
Buildings
Bull, Absalom 1830
Burnham, D. H.
Buses 1950
Bush, Myron P.

1859

Busti, Paolo

1802

Butler, Edward H.

1873


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Caldwell, Taylor 1900
Calling card
Calspan

1943

Canal District

1887, 1910

Canisius College 1870
Caroline Incident
Carrére, John Merven
Carrier, Willis

1902, 1950

Cary, Dr. Charles

1848

Cary, Dr. Walter

1848

Cary. Evelyn Rumsey

1901

Cary, George
Casino Niagara 1996
Cattaraugus Reservation 1800
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  
Chapin, Dr. Cyrenius

1804

Chapin, Dr. Daniel 1841
Chapin, Edward Payson

1863, 1888

Chapman, Charlie "The Tuna" 1981
Chappelle, Frank H.
Chemical industry 1920,
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
Clement Brick Museum

Cleveland, Frances Folsom

1886

Cleveland, Grover

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

Clinton, George W.
Cobblestone streets
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
Colonial Circle
Colored Methodist Society 1831,
Colored Musicians Club
Colton, Bishop Charles Henry
Columbian Exposition (Chicago)
Commercial Advertiser

1835

Commercial Bank 1834
Common Council
Concrete Grain Elevator 1914
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 Mansion

1896

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

1982

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

1901


Dan Montgomery's
Dann, E. S.
Darry, William 1852
Dart, Joseph

1841

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

1921

DeForest, Marian
Delaware and North Cemetery

1832

Delaware Avenue

1924,

Delaware Historic District
Delaware Park (Original name: The Park)

1868

De Tocqueville

1831

Diebold, Charles, Jr.
Diehl, Conrad

1872, 1898

Dinsmore, Ed 1948
Directories
Dodge Street
Donovan, William
Dorsheimer, William

1877

Downing, Andrew Jackson
  • Francis R. Kowsky,
Dirigible 1906
Dowd, Bernard J.
Downtown
Driving Park

1888, 1911

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 North Street Cemetery

1832

East Side
East Utica Street
Eberhardt, L.P.A. and Fred
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 St.
Ellicott, Andrew

1789

Ellicott Historic Preservation District

Ellicott, Joseph

1800, 1801, 1802, 1826

Ellicott Square Building

1894, 1896, 1971

Ellicott, Lt. James D. 1812
Elmwood Avenue

1900, 1907

Elmwood Music Hall
Ely, W. C. 1904
Emergency Hospital 1902
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

Erie County Savings Bank
Erie Indians 1655
Erie Railroad 1869,
Erie Street 1860
E.R. Thomas Motor Company 1908
Esenwein, August
Ethnic Groups See specific names, e.g., African-Amrican, Irish-American
Evans Elevator
Evans, William 1927

Fagant, John
Falconwood
Falzone, Lucy 1989
Fargo, William G.

1842, 1862

Fassett, Theodore
Feine, August
Fenians

1866

Fidelity Trust Company
Fillmore, Abigail Powers

1826

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 Unitarian Church
First Ward
Fitch Creche

1880

Fleet, Reuben H. 1924
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 Niagara

Fort Porter

1837, 1889

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

1832

Free-Soil party 1848

French and Indian War

1689, 1756,

"French Castle"
Front, The (Front Park)

1868

Frontier Theatre

1913

Fruit Belt
Fryer, Robert Livingston
Fuhrmann, Louis
Fulton, Robert 1807, 1813
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 Hotel
Geography
Geology

German American Bank
German Insurance Co.
Germans

1845, 1855, 1915,

Gibson, Johnson and Ehle

1826

Gold
Goldman, Mark
Goldome

1983, 1991

  • Goldome Illustrations, history, architecture
Good, Daniel
Goodyear, Charles W.

1866, 1902, 1905,

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

1866, 1902, 1905,

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, William H.
Gratwick, Jr., William H.
Greatbatch, Wilson

1959, 1986

Great Northern Grain Elevator
Greeks 1924,
Green, Anna Katherine

1878, 1888

Green, E. B.

1888

Griffin, James

1978

"Griffon"

1679

Grosvenor Library 1870
Guaranty Building

1896


Hamlin, Chauncey Jerome
Hamlin, Cicero J.
Hamlin Park

1858, 1888, 1911

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, Mathias

1888

Hippodrome Theatre 1904,
Hispanics
Historic buildings
Historic districts
History websites, Buffalo
Hodge, Joseph
Hodge, Philander
Hodge, William

1810

Hofeller, Eli David
Hoisington, Job

Holland Land Company

1791, 1798, 1800, 1815

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

1893, 1915

Hubbell, Ralph 1948
Hull, Warren
Humberstone, H. Bruce
Humboldt Park
Hungarians 1924,
Huron Cement Elevator
Hydraulics, The

1845


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Indians - See Iroquois Confederacy below
Industry
Industrial Exposition 1869
Influenza 1918
Intensive Level Surveys
International Grain Elevator
International Fair, 1858 1858
International Industrial Fair

1888

International Railroad Bridge
Irish

1855, 1862, 1863

Iron Island

Iroquois Confederacy

Early 17th c., 1756, 1775, 1786

Irwin, Robert J. A.
Iroquois Hotel

1887, 1889

Italians

1910, 1924,


Jablonksi, Peter
James, Rick (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.)
Jefferson Avenue
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 Immigration Restriction Act

1924

Johnson, John

1841

Johnson Park

1907,

Johnson, Pete
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


Kaleida Health 1998
Kaisertown
Kavanagh, Patrick
Keating, Robert
Keller, Fred 1948
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
Kleinhans, Edward L. and Mary Seaton Kleinhans
Kleinhans Music Hall 1940,
Knight, Erastus
Knox Family

1893, 1916,

Kowal, Chester
Kowsky, Dr. Francis R.
Kremlin Building
Krips, Josef
KKK
  • The KKK in Buffalo 1924 list of an alleged list of the full Ku Klux Klan Membership roster for Buffalo

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Lackawanna Steel

1889, 1900,, 1902, 1922

Lafayette Hotel

1904

Lafayette, Marquis de
Lafayette Square

1884 , 1912

Lalli, Dr. V. Roger
Landmarks
Landmark Signage Project
Landon, Joseph

1796

Lane, Ezekial

1800

Lang, Gerhard

1845, 1872, 1901

Lansing, Henry Livingston
Larkin, John / Larkin Soap Company

1875, 1901, 1904, 1950

LaSalle, Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de
Latinos
Laurel Street
LeCouteulx,
Monsieur Louis Stephen LeCouteulx de Chaumont
Lehigh Valley Railroad Terminal
Letchworth, Edward P. 1929,
Letchworth, Josiah
Lee, J. H.
Lewis F. Allen House

1816

Lewiston, NY
Library

1836, 1887

Lighthouse See Buffalo Lighthouse above
Light Rail Rapid Transit system 1979
Lincoln, Abraham

1865

Lind, Jenny 1851
Lindberg, Arthur
Linwood Preservation District
H. H. Little
Livery 1828
Livestock Exchange

1892

Lockwood, Timothy T.
Lockwood, Thomas
Long, Richard 1978
Love Canal 1978
Love, Julia

1848

Love, Maria

1880

Lovejoy

1813,

Lovejoy, Henry
LTV Steel
Lumber See Charles and Frank Goodyear above

M&T Bank (Manufacturers and Traders)

1856, 1991, 2002,

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

1972

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 Midland Arena 1996
Marine Midland Bank / Marine Trust Bank

1999, 1929,

Mark, Mitchel
Market Arcade

1892

Market House
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

McDonnell and Sons
McIntosh, Caroline Carmichael

1826

McKim, Mead and White
McKinley Monument

1907

McKinley, Pres. William

1901, 1907

McNulty, James
Mechanics Association 1869,
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

Middaugh, Martin

1794, 1800

Milburn, John

1901, 1902

Mile Strip 1813
Miller, Annie Lang
Miller, Jacob 1828
Millionaires

1866

Mirror Theatre

1909

Mitchell, Todd
Moonglo
Morris, Robert

1797

Movies
Mruk, Joseph
Music Hall
Mutual Grain Elevator
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 Register of Historic Places
Naval and Servicemen's Park 1979
Neighborhoods
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 Stock Exchange 1792
"Niagara" (steamer) 1846,
Niagara Falls
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

Noah, Mordecai Manuel

1825,

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

Ogden Company 1838
Ohio Sreet Bridge
Oishei , John 1940
Oishei Foundation 1940, 2001
Olcott, Chauncey

1932, 1947

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, Thaddeus

1812

Otis, Rainsford 1841
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

Pavement markers

1920

Peace Bridge

1927

People's Church
Perky, Henry 1900
Perrault, Gilbert 1975
Pfitzner, A. L. 1910
Phoenix Hotel
Photographers

Pierce-Arrow autos

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

Pierce, Dr. V. Mott 1900
Pierce, Dr. Ray Vaughn

1877

Pierce, George N.

1908

Pillsbury Grain Elevator

1894,

Pitass, Rev. Jan 1882,
Plains, The 1845
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
Preservation
Prince & Co.
Private schools
Prospect Hill
Public Art
Public Library

1836, 1887

Public schools
Public transit 1854
Puma, Jerome

Queen City Hub Project

Railroad

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

Ralph, Edmund 1829,
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

Reed Grain Elevator
Republic Steel Corporation

1984

Research buildings
Reservoir
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
Robert, Rene 1975
Rochester & Tonawanda Railroad 1844
"Rockpile, The" See War Memorial Stadium below
Roesch, Charles E.
Rogers, Maj. Gen. William F.
Rogers, William A.
Rogovin, Milton

1999, 2001

Rohlfs, Charles

1888

Roman Catholic Church
Roosevelt, Theodore

1901

Root, Edward 1826
Root, Robert Keating
Roswell Park Institute 1997
Roycroft

1893

Rumsey
Russell, Washington Adams 1841
Ryan, Stephen V.

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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 John's Episcopal Church

1846 , 1906

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
Satterfield, John
Sattler, John G.

1914

Sattler Theatre

1914

Savoy Theatre

1909

Scaife, Rt. Rev. Lauriston 1948
Scajaquada Expressway
Scatcherd, John N.
Scheu, Solomon
Schlicker Organ Company
Schoellkopf Family
Schoolhouse

1807

Schools

1807, 1829, 1839, 1846, 1965, 1976, 1852, 1870, 1888, 1916, 1965, 1968, 1970

Schwab, Frank X.
Scott, Brig. Gen Winfield
Scoville, Jonathan
Sculptures
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
Severance, Frank H.
Shanks, Bruce

1958

Shea' s Buffalo Theater

1976

Sheehan Emergency 1902
Shelton, Eminent Rev. William / Shelton Square

1840, 1884, 1900

Sheppard, James D. 1844
Ships /Shipbuilding

1845, 1847, 1856, 1942,

SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office)
Sidewalk markers

1920

Sidway
Silsbee, Joseph Lyman
Silver Creek's giant tree 1825
Simon, William 1888
Simpson, O. J. 1973
Sisters' Hospital

1848

Sisti, Tony
Sizer, Henry
Skinner, Martha St. John
Skyway 1955
Skyway Marina
Slave 1793, 1795, 1823, 1835, 1847, 1851
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
Southampton Street
South Buffalo
South Park historic district
South Park neighborhood

Spaulding, Charlotte
Spaulding, E. G.

1847, 1862

Sprague, Carlton
Stallions 1979
Standard Milling Company
State Normal School at Buffalo

1870

State University of New York
College at Buffalo
1870

Statler, Ellsworth

1896, 1906, 1923

Steamboat 1820, 1834, 1837,
Steel industry

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Stevens, Frederick P.

1856

Stock Exchange Hotel
Stockyards
Streetcars
Streeter, Edward
Strong, George
Suber, Shirley M. 1971
Sullivan, Louis

1896

Swannie House
Symons, Col. W.

Talbert, Mary B.

1905, 1922, 1923

Tasker, Steve 1993
Taxes
Teck Collision Company 1950
Telegraph 1846
Telephone Company
Temple Beth El
Temple of Music

1901

Tesla. Nikola
Thayer brothers 1825
Theaters

1976

The Park (Delaware Park)
Thomas, Edwin R.
Thomas Flyer automobiles
Thompson, Sheldon

1840

Tielman, Timothy
Tiffany, Louis Comfort
Tifft House
Tilden, Thomas 1845
Tillinghast, James
Timon, John

1847

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

1887

Tudor style 1888
Tuscarora Indians 1722, 1800
Twain, Mark

1869 , 1872


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Underground railroad
Union Meeting House

1827

Unions 1884
Union Ship Canal
Unitarian-Universalist Church

1896, 1969

U. S. Bank
U. S. Custom House
University Heights
University of Buffalo

1846, 1916, 1968, 1970

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

1866, 1897, 1902, 1904

Urban planning

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

1876, 1887

Vitascope Theater

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

Walden, Ebenezer

1806, 1812, 1813, 1829, 1838,

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

1821

Wards

1853

War Memorial Stadium

War of 1812

1812, 1813, 1814

Washington Street Market

Waterfront
Water Works Pumping Station
Watson Grain Elevator
Watson, Stephen V.R.
Weber, Col. John B.
Weed Block
WGR 1922
WBEN 1948
Weber, Col. John B.
Wedekindt, Henry
Wells, Chandler
Wells, Henry 1862
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
Westinghouse, George
West Side
West Village Historic Preservation District
Whiskey
Whitaker, Ramona Pando
White, Dr. James Platt
Wicks, William Sydney 1888
Wilcox, Ansley

1845, 1883, 1901

Wilkeson Homestead, Niagara Square

1820

Wilkeson, Samuel

1820, 1824, 1836

William Simon Brewery 1852
Williams Family
Williamsville
Williamsville-Buffalo Road 1832
Willow Lawn

1888

Winney, Cornelius

1789

Women
Women's Christian Association Building,

1888

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

1935, 1941

World University Games 1993
Wright, Frank Lloyd

1888


YMCA

1852, 1902


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Zimmermann, George

1938

Zink and Hatch Building
Zoschke, Bettie
Zoschke, Carl


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