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Joseph Ellicott Local Historic District
(Also called the Downtown Historic District)
Buffalo, New York

This district comprises

  • all the properties on the north side of Seneca from Main to Franklin Street,
  • those on the east side of Franklin to Swan,
  • those on the north side of Swan to the Upper Terrace to South Elmwood,
  • those on the east side of South Elmwood to West Mohawk (including St. Vincent of Padua R.C. Church on the west side of South Elmwood),
  • those on the south side of West Mohawk to Franklin,
  • those on the west side of Franklin to Church,
  • those on the south side of Church across Main to South Division,
  • those on the north side of South Division to Oak,
  • those on the west side of Oak to Swan,
  • those on the south side of Swan to Washington,
  • those on the west side of Washington to Seneca and
  • those on the south side of Seneca back to Main.

The Joseph Ellicott District includes all the buildings and lands within the above boundaries, for example, those on Niagara Square and various blocks of Delaware, Genesee, Niagara St., West Eagle, Church, Franklin, Swan, Pearl, Washington, and Ellicott.

Many of Buffalo's great commercial, institutional, public, and ecclesiastical buildings are contained within this historic enclave.








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Street Address - Even Address - Odd
Cathedral Park 4-22 --
Church Street 24-76 53-65
Court Street 68-160 65-157
Delaware Avenue 10-120 25-117
Eagle Street, West 120-134 67-93
Ellicott Street 120-138 123
Elmwood Avenue, South --
95-97
Erie Street 66-68 ---
Franklin Street 50-164 31-73
Main Street
234-308
233-309
Mohawk Street, West 134 --
Niagara Square --
1-65
Niagara Street 56-78 61-109
Pearl Street 72-144 77-105
Seneca Street --
5-39
South Division Street --
3-101
Swan Street 2-70 --
Washington Street 242-306 285-301


A Designated Local Preservation District, approved November 30, 1982, Common Council Proceedings Item No. 161. The Joseph Ellicott Historic Preservation District has also been identified as eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places by the State Historic Preservation Office of New York.

All exterior construction, reconstruction, demolition, or redevelopment work to be performed on any structure or site within the Joseph Ellicott Historic Preservation District must be undertaken in conformance with the Preservation Standards and Project Review Procedures, as defined in Chapter 337 of the Charter and Ordinance of the City of Buffalo, New York, as administered by the City of Buffalo Preservation Board.

Special thanks to the City of Buffalo Preservation Board for their assistance.
Page by Chuck LaChiusa
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