Unitarian Universalist Church - Table of Contents
Parkside Unitarian
Church / Fairfield
Library / Apartments
1659 Amherst
Street, Buffalo, NY
Built: |
1897 |
Architect: |
William Sydney Wicks |
Style: |
Colonial Revival |
Library closed: |
2005 |
Purchased by private developer: |
2013 |
Original
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Choir
loft |
The stained glass windows and choir loft are preserved inside this Colonial Revival-style building, originally constructed as the Parkside Unitarian Church and now a public library.
Relevant Dates:
The Parkside Unitarian Church was designed by well-known
Buffalo architect and Parksider William Sydney Wicks By 1912, the Unitarian congregation disbanded and Parkside Lutheran took up residence for the next dozen years before building a new church at Wallace and Depew in Central Park. In 1924, the City of Buffalo became the owner and has owned it ever since. Fairfield branch library opened that year. In 2003 and 2004, $20,000 in County and City funds were used to repaint inside and out. Despite heavy use and high circulation, the branch closed on October 14, 2005.
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See also: William Sydney Wicks House