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1980 National Register of Historic Places Nomination
for
West Village Historic District
Buffalo, New York

Verbal Boundary Description

Description

Significance

Bibliography

Complete nomination text plus accompanying 10 photos

Inventory of Buildings:

Street

Name

Date

Description

181 Carolina Street Vacant lot    
205 Carolina Street Marguerite Apartment 1892 Three & 1/2 story, brick, Romanesque Revival style, two, two-story bays flank entry, tile capped parapet with corbels, rehabilitation 1973.
209 Carolina Street   1892 Two story, brick, modest apartment building.
211 Carolina Street Henrietta Apartment 1892 Three & 1-2 story, brick, Romanesque Revival style, second story bay windows, tile capped parapet, interior rehabilitation 1973.
237 Carolina Street   1855 Two & 1/2 story, brick, three bay wide, Italianate style residence, bracketed cornice, porch removed.
239 Carolina Street Vacant Lot    

257 Carolina Street   c. 1895 Two & 1/2 story, wood frame, commercial/residential structure, hipped roof with dormers, modern siding, window alterations on first story.
259 Carolina Street   c. 1872 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style residence, brick facade addition 1940's.
263 Carolina Street Vacant Lot    
267-271 Carolina Street Vacant Lot    

165 Chippewa Hutchinson High School 1914 Five story, brick & stone, Jacobethan Revival style, pedimented central stone entry, H-shaped, English
Gothic windows, quoining.
166 Chippewa Intrusion 1960 One story, brick & concrete and glass structure
170-174 Chippewa Watkins Apartment 1894 Three story, brick, Romanesque Revival style, two two-story cast-iron bay windows, central porch, archivolt trim.

241 Georgia Street   1869 Two story, brick, three-bay wide Italianate style residence, low hipped roof, bracketed cornice, porch
245 Georgia Street   1870 Three story brick, three-bay wide, Second Empire style residence, mansard roof, entry alteration, porch addition.
247 Georgia Street   1866 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, L- shaped, porch removed.
261 Georgia Street Vacant Lot    
262 Georgia Street Prospect- Avenue Baptist Church 1867
1881
Constructed in two parts, Romanesque Revival style church, addition English Gothic style, with bell tower and central octagonal lantern.
265 Georgia Street Vacant Lot
267   1880 Three story, brick, three-bay wide, Second Empire style residence, mansard roof, entry alteration, side bay, rehabilitation 1978

269-273 Georgia Street La Salle Apartment 1896 Five & 1/2 story, brick, Italian palazzo style symmetrical wings at 135 degree angle with recessed entry, quoininq, rehabilitation 1974.
268 Georgia Street   1870 Two & 1/2 story, brick, three bay wide, Italianate style residence, dentiled cornice, porch partially rebuilt, window alterations.
270 Georgia Street   1868 Two & 1/2 story, brick, four-bay wide, Italianate style residence, low hipped roof, porch, new cupola, rehabilitation 1978.
272 Georgia Street   c.1880 Three story, brick, Second Empire style, mansard roof, cornice molding removed, one story commercial addition to facade.

41 Johnson Park Vacant Lot    
45 Johnson Park Vacant Lot    
49 Johnson Park Lyndhaven Apartment c.1895 Four & 1/2 story, brick, American Commercial style,two,three-story bays,bracketed cornice.
51 Johnson Park   1856 Two & 1/2 story, three bay wide, brick, Italianate style cottage, Greek Revival porch & doorway added.

55 Johnson Park   1856 Two & 1/2 story, three bay wide, brick, Italianate style cottage, windows altered first floor.
57 Johnson Park   1852 Two & 1/2 story, modified, Gothic Revival style residence, tower, windows, & doorway alterations.
61 Johnson Park   1853 c.1894 Combination house including two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style and large rear Queen Anne style with tower and shingles.
69 Johnson Park   c.1870 Two & 1/2 story, brick Second Empire style residence, mansard roof, Classical Revival porch, restored 1970's.
73 Johnson Park   1855 Two & 1/2 story, brick, ornate English Gothic style residence, mansard roof, aluminum sided, unique to Buffalo
75 Johnson Park   1865 c.1885 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage with front addition c.1885 with porch.
77 Johnson Park   1851 Three story, brick, Second Empire style cottage, L shaped, mansard roof, window alteration.
81 Johnson Park   1855 One & 1/2 story, brick, modest Italianate style cottage, bracketed cornice.
85 Johnson Park   c.1860 Two &1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, bracketed cornice.

89 Johnson Park   1865 Two story, brick, Italianate style residence, total facade alterations, brick veneer added, all windows removed, round-arched window added.
91 Johnson Park   c.1894 Two story, brick, residence, low-arched windows.
93 Johnson Park   c.1863 Two story, brick, Italianate style residence, bracketed cornice articulates the flat roof, first-story bay window and entrance added.
95 Johnson Park   c.1884 Two & 1/2 story, brick & wood frame, Queen Anne style meeting house, asbestos siding on second story,
76 Johnson Park Algonquin Apartment 1894 Four & 1/2 story, brick Italian palazzo style, H-shaped plan,
massive arched entrance, quoining, rehabilitated 1974.
82 Johnson Park   c.1854 Two story, wood frame, modest Italianate style cottage with porch, brick-like asphalt siding, first story window alteration.
88 Johnson Park   c.1854 Two &1/ 2 story, wood frame, Italianate style residence, modern siding added after 1971 fire.
92 Johnson Park   c. l890 Two & 1/2 story, wood frame, Italianate style residence,L-shaped, hipped roof with cross gable, porch, modern siding
94 Johnson Park   1857 Two story, three bay wide, brick, Italianate style cottage bracketed cornice, facade tower sided 1970's.

98 Johnson Park   1864 Two & 2 story, three bay wide, brick, Italianate style residence, low hipped roof, rehabilitated 1978, unique building to area.
102 Johnson Park   1865 Two & 2 story, three bay wide, brick, Italianate style residence, low hipped roof, rehabilitated 1978, unique building to area.
104 Johnson Park   1865 Three story, brick, three bay wide, modest Italian palazzo style, lunette windows, brick dentils along parapet, built to touch 106Johnson Park, entry altered.
106 Johnson Park   1861 Same as 104 Johnson Park, brick dentils along parapet different than 104.
110 Johnson Park  
1857
Two & 1 \ 2 story, brick residence, gamble roof, eclectic porch removed.
112 Johnson Park  
1857
Two story, three bay wide, brick, Italianate style cottage, bay window, entry altered
114 Johnson Park   1868 Two story, three bay wide,brick, Italianate style cottage, window alteration.
116 Johnson Park   1857 Two story, three bay wide,brick , Italianate style cottage, window alteration
120 Johnson Park   1857 Two story, brick, Italianate style cottage, three bay wide, bay window, porch enclosed, rear Queen Anne addition, 1890's.

31 Prospect Avenue Vacant Lot    
36 Prospect Avenue Vacant Lot    
60 Prospect Avenue Vacant Lot    
64 Prospect Avenue   1871 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, bracketed cornice, porch rebuilt 1940, first story window alterations.
68 Prospect Avenue   1871
c. 1884
Combination house including a two story, brick, Italianate style & a Second Empire with mansard added, facade alterations porch & windows.
70 Prospect Avenue   1860 Two & 1/2 story, brick,originally Italianate style residence, facade aluminum sided, all windows replaced after fire, c. 1970
71-73 Prospect Avenue Vacant Lot    
74 Prospect Avenue   c.1870 Two & 1/2 story brick, Italianate style cottage, dentiled cornice, all windows replaced, attached garage

Street

Name

Date

Description

77 Prospect Avenue   1870 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, bracketed cornice, total facade alteration.
78 Prospect Avenue   c.1870 Two &1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, dentiled cornice, porch replaced early 1900's, window alterations.
82 Prospect Avenue   1875 Two story, brick Italianate style residence, low hipped roof, bracketed cornice, cross shaped, facade bay window.
83 Prospect Avenue   1894

1920
Combination structure including three story, brick, Queen Anne style and front, brick, Italian Renaissance style apartment.
84 Prospect Avenue   c.1910 Two & 1/2 story wood frame duplex, second story oriel, shingled gable, first story window and porch alteration.
86 Prospect Avenue   1870 Two & 1/2 story wood frame duplex, second story oriel, shingled gable, first story window and porch alteration.
87 Prospect Avenue   1880 Three story, brick Second Empire style residence, mansard roof, Neoclassical porch.
88 Prospect Avenue   c.1910 One & 1/2 story, wood frame, cottage, clapboard, side bay window, porch.
90 Prospect Avenue   1870 Two story, wood frame, Italianate style cottage, with porch, asbestos siding.

Street

Name

Date

Description

91 Prospect Avenue   1880 Three story, brick, three bay wide, Second Empire style residence, mansard roof, Classical Revival porch, shingles on mansard.
92 Prospect Avenue   1872 Two & 1/2, story, brick, Italianate style residence, L shaped, side porch, facade bay window, dentiled cornice.
93 Prospect Avenue   1880 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style residence, L-shaped, hipped roof with cross gable, porch, entry altered, attached car port.
96 Prospect Avenue   1867 Combination house including two story, brick, Italianate style & latter remodeled with Queen Anne style addition.
97-99 Prospect Avenue   1880 Three story, brick, Second Empire style apartment building, two story bays flanking central entry, stone banding below mansard.
102 Prospect Avenue   1896 Three story, brick, Italianate style residence, cross gabled roof, third story lunette windows, porch.
103 Prospect Avenue   c. 1890 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Queen Anne style residence, pedimented gable with shingles, second story bay window above porch.
104 Prospect Avenue   1870 Two & 1/2, story, wood frame, Queen Anne style residence with Eastlake detailing, facade dormer with sunburst design in pediment, clapboard.

106 Prospect Avenue   1869 One & 1/2 story, brick, three bay wide, Italianate style workman's cottage, dentiled cornice, rehabilitation 1976.
107 Prospect Avenue   c.1890 Two & 1/2 story, wood frame, residence, asbestos siding, major facade alterations 1960's.
109 Prospect Avenue Vacant Lot    
110 Prospect Avenue   c.1894 Two story, wood frame, cottage, brick-like asphalt shingles added, all facade windows replaced
112 Prospect Avenue   1869 Two & -1-2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, dentiled cornice, porch removed, rehabilitation started.

200 South Elmwood Avenue   1854 Two & 1-2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, bracketed cornice, L-shaped, aluminiun awning added.
204 South Elmwood Avenue Roanoke Hotel/Apartment 1901 1920 Five story, brick Italian Palazzo style, 1920 addition similar, H-shaped, light and dark banding, two story bays.
250 South Elmwood Avenue Johnson Park c.1876 Redesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape.
265 South Elmwood Avenue Hutchinson High School 1914 Five story, brick & stone, Jacobethan Revival style,
pedimented central stone entry, H- shaped, English
Gothic windows, quoining.

Address

Name

Date

Description

38 Tracy Street Mathewson Apartment c.1914 Three story, brick, Georgian features, four two-story bays, bracketed cornice, quoining, apartment, rehabilitated 1978.
42 Tracy Street   1869 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, three bays wide, dentiled cornice, porch removed
1978.
50 Tracy Street Vacant Lot    
54 Tracy Street   1869 Same as 42 Tracy, porch removed, replaced by aluminum awning, windows altered.
56 Tracy Street   1869 Same as 42 Tracy, porch removed.
58 Tracy Street   e.1890 Same as 42 Tracy, bracketed cornice, original porch.
62 Tracy Street   c.1890 Same as 42 Tracy, bracketed cornice, windows altered, porch removed.
64 Tracy Street Vacant Lot    
66 Tracy Street  
c. l910
Two & 1/2 story, wood frame, duplex, second-story oriel, first & second story porch, asbestos siding.
68 Tracy Street Vacant Lot    
70 Tracy Street   c. l910 Same as 66 Tracy.
72 Tracy Street   c. l910 Same as 66 Tracy, second story porch removed, window alterations.

76-78 Tracy St.   c.1891 Two & - story, brick & shingle structure, hipped roof, carved lintels & sills, windows altered, apartments.
80 Tracy St.   c.1884 Two story, three bay wide, wood frame, asphalt brick siding.
82 Tracy St.   c.1925 Two & 2 story, wood frame duplex, clapboard & decorative shingles, second story oriel, first & second story porch with alterations.
84 Tracy St.   1869 Same as 42 Tracy. B.
90 Tracy St.   1865 Same as 42 Tracy, first story window alteration, original porch.



Street

Name

Date

Description

11 Whitney Place   1871 1871 Two & ~ story, brick, Italianate style residence, L- shaped, bracketed cornice, side porch alteration.
17 Whitney Place   1868 Two story, brick, simple vernacular Oueen Anne style
with Eastlake style porch.
19 Whitney Place Vacant Lot    
24 Whitney Place   1880 Two story, brick, Second Empire style residence,
mansard roof and tower above entry, facade bay window, entry awning added
25 Whitney Place   1870 Two & 1/2 story, brick, Italianate style cottage, L-shaped, first story window alterations, awning added.
26 Whitney Place   1872 Three story, brick Second Empire style residence, mansard roof, window alterations, rehabilitated.

28 Whitney Place   c. 1880 Three story, brick Second Empire style residence, mansard and tower above entry, window alteration, porch removed, rehabilitated 1976.
30 Whitney Place   1861 Two & 1/2 story, modest brick, three bay wide, Italianate style cottage, entrance added, 1977.
31 Whitney Place   1870 Two & 1/2 story, modest brick, Italianate style cottage, bracketed cornice, porch renovated 1978.
33 Whitney Place Vacant Lot    
34 Whitney Place   1867 Three story, brick, three bay wide, Italianate style residence, second story bay window, porch removed, under rehabilitation.
35 Whitney Place   1898 Three story, brick & stucco apartments, five bays wide, Gothic style moldings, interior rehabilitation 1973.
36 Whitney Place   1867 Two & 1/2 story, brick, three bay wide, Italianate style residence, porch original.
39 Whitney Place   1875 Two & 1/2, story, brick, Italianate style cottage, L- shaped, Eastlake style porch, first story window alteration, rehabilitation 1974.
41 Whitney Place   1886 Two & 1/2, story, brick, Italianate style cottage, bracketed & dentiled cornice, porch alteration.

Name

Date

Description

44 Whitney Place   1875 Two & 1/2, story, brick Italianate style cottage, L-shaped, vergeboard, side porch, rehabilitation 1978.
45 Whitney Place   c. 1875 Two & 1/2, story, brick, three bay wide, Italianate style residence, dentiled cornice, porch & window alteration.
46 Whitney Place   1880 Three story, brick, Queen Anne style residence with Eastlake style porch, wooden brackets support projecting gable.
52 Whitney Place   1895 Two story, brick, apartment, two story porch across facade with Greek Revival detailing, rehabilitated to rooming house.
55 Whitney Place   c. 1875 Two & 1/2, story, brick, Italianate style residence, L-shaped, dentiled cornice, side porch removed 1978.
56 Whitney Place   1880 Three story, brick, Second Empire style, L shaped, mansard roof, wood carved hood moldings, porch removed 1977.
59 Whitney Place   1898 Three & 1/2 story, brick, Italian palazzo style apartments, brick quoining, splayed brick arches.
61 Whitney Place   c. 1890 Two & 1/2, story, brick,vernacular residence, Shingle style details, porch replaced.
62 Whitney Place   1880 Two & 1/2, story, brick, three-bay wide, Italianate style residence with Eastlake style porch, first story window alterations.

65 Whitney Place   1898 Same as 59 Whitney Place.
66 Whitney Place Columbia Apartment 1892 Three & 1/2 story, brick, Romanesque Revival style, heavy massing of towers, chimneys, recessed porches, polygonal bays, interior rehabilitation 1974.
69 Whitney Place   c. 1880 Three story, brick, Second Empire style residence, mansard roof.


Special thanks to the City of Buffalo Preservation Board for their assistance.
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