The History of Buffalo, New York

INDEX

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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
Applications
Ararat

1825

Arcade, The

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,

Avery House

Baetzhold, A
Bailey
Balcom, Philo
Baltic 1847
Bank of Buffalo

1894, 1846

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

1988

Basil Brothers
Bath house
Baxter, A. E.
Beachy, Lincoln 1911
Becker, Philip

1876, 1886

Bedell, Harriet M.
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
Bernstein, Peter L.
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
Bohen, Timothy
Boldt, John E.
Born, Philip 1845
Bottle collecting
Bowler, R. Arthur
Boxing
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, Clinton
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 Foundation
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 Cement Co.
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 Foundry
Buffalo Gas and Light Company

1848

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

1862, 1950

Buffalo History Museum
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 News
Buffalo Niagara International Airport 1997
Buffalo of Today: Domestic and Industrial
Buffalo Park System
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Pitts Company
Buffalo Plains

1797, 1841

Buffalo Plastering & Architectural Casting, Inc.
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 Theater

Buffalo Urban League 1927
Buffalo Zoo 1875
Builders' Exchange Building
Buildings
Bull, Absalom 1830
Burnham, D. H.
Buses 1950
Bush

1859

Busti, Paolo

1802

Butler, Edward H.

1873


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Caldwell, Taylor 1900
Calling card
Calspan

1943

Canal District

1887, 1910

Candlelight Tour, 2011
Canisius College 1870
Caroline Incident
Carrére, John Merven
Carrier, Willis

1902, 1950

Cary family
Cary Safe Co.
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  
Chamber of Commerce
Chandler, Henry
Chapin, Dr. Cyrenius

1804

Chapin, Dr. Daniel 1841
Chapin, Edward Payson

1863, 1888

Chapman, Charlie "The Tuna" 1981
Chappelle, Frank H.
Chautauqua
Cheektowaga
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 Brown Company Architecture/Rebuild
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
Concrete Grain Elevators 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, Harlow C.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
Czechs 1924,
Czolgosz [chol'gosh], Leon

1901


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

1841

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

1921

de Forest, 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
Dold, Jacob
Donovan, William
Dorn, Joseph
Dorsheimer, William

1877

Downing, Andrew Jackson
Dirigible 1906
Dowd, Bernard J.
Downtown

Drama

Drennan, William Alexander
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
Ederer, Martin F.
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
Energy
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 Freight House
Erie Indians 1655
Erie Railroad 1869,
Erie Street 1860
Erne, Frank
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
Figas, Father Justin M.
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 Adams
Fort Niagara

Fort Porter

1837, 1889

Fort Tompkins
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 Telephone
Frontier Theatre

1913

Fruit Belt
Fryer, Robert Livingston
Fuhrmann, Louis

Fulton History website

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 Gateway Historic District
Genesee Hotel
Geography
Geology
Gerber, David A.

German American Bank
German Insurance Co.
Germans

1845, 1855, 1915,

Giambra, Joey
Gibson, Johnson and Ehle

1826

Gold
Goldman, Mark
Goldome

1983, 1991

  • Goldome Illustrations, history, architecture
Good, Daniel
Goodrich, Jimmy
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
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 family
Hamlin Park

1858, 1888, 1911

Harbor, Buffalo
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 Museum, Buffalo
History websites, Buffalo
Hodge, Joseph
Hodge, Philander
Hodge, William

1810

Hofeller, Eli David
Hoffman, George L.
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

    Iroquois Hotel

    1887, 1889

    Iroquois Iron Works
    Irwin, Robert J. A.
    Italians

    1910, 1924,


    Jablonksi, Peter
    Jack-Knife Bridge
    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, Larry
    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
    Kansas, Rocky
    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
    Kit houses
    Kittinger firniture
    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 District
    Larkin, John / Larkin Soap Company

    1875, 1901, 1904, 1950

    LaSalle, Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de
    Latinos
    Laurel Street

    Lautz, Frederick Christian Martin

    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

    Lockport
    Lockwood, Timothy T.
    Lockwood, Thomas
    Long, Richard 1978
    Love Canal 1978
    Love family

    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
    Machinery
    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
    Market Square Historic District
    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
      Millard Fillmore Hospital
      Miller, Annie Lang
      Miller, Jacob 1828
      Millionaires

      1866

      Mirror Theatre

      1909

      Mitchell, Todd
      Moonglo
      Morgan Building
      Morris Avenue
      Morris, Robert

      1797

      Muscato, Phil
      Movies
      Mruk, Joseph
      Mulligan, Charlotte
      Music Halls
      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 Trust for Historic Perservation Conference, 2011
      National Register of Historic Places
      Naval and Servicemen's Park 1979
      Neighborhoods
      Net-Zero Energy House
      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 Hotel, Buffalo, NY
      Niagara Lithographing Co.
      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

      Nichols, George
      Niederlander, Daniel B.
      Noah, Mordecai Manuel

      1825,

      Nominations  
      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

        Olcott Hotel
        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

        Paul, Tommy
        Pavement markers

        1920

        Peace Bridge

        1927

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

        Pierce, Dr. Ray Vaughn

        1877

        Pierce, Dr. V. Mott 1900
        Pierce-Arrow autos

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

        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.
        PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing)

        Porter, General Peter

        1816, 1827, 1830, 1844

        Postcards
        Post Office

        1804, 1837

        Potters Field

        1832

        Pratt
        Pratt & Lambert Co.
        Preservation
        Prince & Co.
        Private schools
        Prospect Hill
        Public Art
        Public Library

        1836, 1887

        Public schools
        Public transit 1854
        Puma, Jerome

        Queen City Hub Project
        Quigley, Bishop James

        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

        Roos Brewery
        Root, Edward 1826
        Root, Robert Keating
        Roswell Park Institute 1997
        Rote, David M.
        Roycroft

        1893

        Rumsey
        Russell, Washington Adams 1841
        Ryan, Stephen V.

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        Sabres, Buffalo
        1970, 1975, 1996
        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 Creek

        Scajaquada Expressway
        Scatcherd, John N.
        Scheu, Solomon
        Schlicker Organ Company
        Schoell, Frankie
        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
        Scozza, Lou
        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
        Sheehan, John C.
        Sheehan, William
        Shelton, Eminent Rev. William / Shelton Square

        1840, 1884, 1900

        Shepard, Sidney
        Sheppard, James D. 1844
        Sherman, Village of
        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
        65th Regiment Armory
        Sizer, Henry
        Skinner, Martha St. John
        Skyway 1955
        Skyway Marina
        Slattery, James
          Slave 1793, 1795, 1823, 1835, 1847, 1851
          Slawinski, Jozef
          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
          South Towns Byway: Resource Inventory
          Surveys

          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

          See:

          Stevens, Frederick P.

          1856

          Stock Exchange Hotel
          Stockyards

          Strawberry Island

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          Strawberry Island
          Streetcars
          Streeter, Edward
          Strong, George
          Suber, Shirley M. 1971
          Sullivan, Louis

          1896

          Surveys
          Swannie House
          Symons, Col. W.

          Talbert, Mary B.

          1905, 1922, 1923

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

          1901

          Tesla. Nikola
          Thayer brothers 1825
          Theater (Drama)

          1976

          Theatre Historic Preservation District
          The Buffalo News See Buffalo News above
          The Park (Delaware Park)
          Third National Bank

          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  
          Troup, George
          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 Derveer, Tara
          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

          Walkowski, Jennifer
          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.
          WBEN 1948
          Weber, Col. John B.
          Wedekindt, Henry
          Weed Block
          Wells, Chandler
          Wells, Henry 1862
          Wendt, Margaret L.
          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
          WGR 1922
          Whiskey
          Whitaker, Ramona Pando
          White, Dr. James Platt
          Wicks, William Sydney 1888
          Wiegand, Art
          Wilcox, Ansley

          1845, 1883, 1901

          Wilkeson, Samuel

          1820, 1824, 1836

          Wilkeson, Col. Samuel H.
          William Simon Brewery 1852
          Williams Family
          Williamsville
          Williamsville-Buffalo Road 1832
          Willow Lawn

          1888

          Winney, Cornelius

          1789

          Witul, Gregory L.

            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

            WPA

            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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