A Comparison: Old County Hall and Old Post Office
Buffalo, NY



Old County Hall

Old Post Office
Government building
(city, county)\
Government building
(federal)
Style: Victorian
(Romanesque)
Style: Victorian
(Gothic)
3 stories tall 3 stories tall
5 bays 5 bays
Central tower
Central tower
Rusticated first story Rusticated first story
Exterior building material:  Maine granite
(Clark Island)
Exterior building material:  Maine granite
 (Spruce Kent and Jonesboro)

Granite sculptures
(figures)
Granite sculptures
(grotesques, gargoyles and animals)
Third story arcade windows
(rounded
Romanesque)
Third story arcade windows
(pointed
Gothic)


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