Market Arcade

Market Arcade - Exterior
617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

Erected:
1892

Original owner
G.B. Marshall, who made his fortune in oil. He suggested London's Burlington Arcade as a model for architect E. B. Green

Misc. history:
Once known as the Palace Arcade.
Owned by flour miller G. B. Matthews from 1932-1942.
The first US arcade was built in Providence, RI in 1828.

Architect:
Green & Wicks

External building materials:
Terra cotta and Roman brick

Style:

Beaux Arts Classical

Neoclassical

Classical Revival

Status:
.Buffalo landmark

Related site:
The Corridor Arcade, Bath, England

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Chippewa Street Market/Washington Street Market	Chippewa Street Market/Washington Street Market postcard.	Main St. facade	Erected 1892 Materials: terra cotta and Roman brick

Acroterion		Acroterion: scroll buttress	Cornice Modillions Rosettes Egg-and-dart

Romanesque arches	Keystone with carved bison	Coffered soffit with rosettes

	Soffit, including yellow Roman bricks

Marble columns	Corinthian capital atop marble pilaster	Leaf-and-dart and beads	Bases of marble pilaster and column
			Market Arcade Table of Contents
Keystone in Romanesque arch over rounded window	Terra cotta festoon	Brass Art Nouveau style door handles

Sources of information:

Market Arcade, by David M. Rote (online 2007)
"Buffalo Architecture: A Guide," by Francis R. Kowsky, et. al. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981
"Designated Landmarks of the Niagara Frontier," by Austin M. Fox. Buffalo: Meyer Enterprises, P.O. Box 733, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, New York 14205. 1986. OUT OF PRINT.

Erected:	1892
Original owner	G.B. Marshall, who made his fortune in oil. He suggested London's Burlington Arcade as a model for architect E. B. Green
Misc. history:	Once known as the Palace Arcade. Owned by flour miller G. B. Matthews from 1932-1942. The first US arcade was built in Providence, RI in 1828.
Architect:	Green & Wicks
External building materials:	Terra cotta and Roman brick
Style:	Beaux Arts Classical Neoclassical Classical Revival
Status:	.Buffalo landmark
Related site:	The Corridor Arcade, Bath, England