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 League 1900
American Malting Company 1899,
American Revolution 1775
American Shipbuilding Company 1962,
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

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

1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947,

Bell, Lawrence

1935

Belt Line Railroad

1883, 1888

Bennett Beach
Bennett, Joseph
Bennett, Lewis J.
Berkshire Hathaway 2002,
Berrick, Alfred E.
Best Street
Bethlehem Steel

1922, 1939, 1950, 1983,

Bethune, Louise Blanchard

1892

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
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 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 Gas and Light Company

1848

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

1862, 1950

Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System 1985
Buffalo Lighthouse

1818, 1833

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 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 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

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 Historic Preservation District
Coe Place
Coit, George

1818

Colby, Patricia Oishei 2001
Cold Springs

1810, 1811, 1845, 1889

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.

1911, 1915, 1930,

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

1916, 1929, 1940. 1941, 1943, 1946,

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

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
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

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
Evans Elevator
Evans, William 1927

Falconwood
Falzone, Lucy 1989
Fargo, William G.

1842, 1862

Feine, August
Fenians

1866

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 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
Fuhrmann, Louis
Fulton, Robert 1807, 1813

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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, 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