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Mrs. Seymour H. Knox House
The Mrs. Seymour H. Knox House (also known as the Grace Millard Knox House) is a 48,000-square-foot mansion located in Buffalo, New York, which was built between 1915 and 1918. The house was designed by architect C. P. H. Gilbert for Grace Millard Knox, widow of Seymour H. Knox. The building is a contributing property to the Delaware Avenue Historic District designated in 1974. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying photographs''/ref> History In 1915, Grace (née Millard) Knox, the recent widow of Seymour H. Knox (who co-founded F. W. Woolworth Company with his cousins Charles and Frank W. Woolworth), purchased property on Delaware Avenue north of Summer Street. The Knoxes lived at 1035 Delaware Avenue previously. Grace hired New York City architect C. P. H. Gilbert to replace an older Italianate house that stood on the property with a new residence. The resulting structure was an extravagant stone mansion built over the course of three years that was completed in 1918. ...
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Renaissance Revival Architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes. Under the broad designation Renaissance architecture nineteenth-century architects and critics went beyond the architectural style which began in Florence and Central Italy in the early 15th century as an expression of Renaissance humanism; they also included styles that can be identified as Mannerist or Baroque. Self-applied style designations were rife in the mid- and later nineteenth century: "Neo-Renaissance" might be applied by contemporaries to structures that others called "Italianate", or when many French Baroque features are present (Second Empire). The divergent forms of Renaissance architecture in different parts of Europe, particularly in France and Italy, has added to the difficulty of defining an ...
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Cellino & Barnes
Cellino & Barnes was an American personal injury law firm which was based in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1998 by Ross Cellino Jr. and Steve Barnes, and dissolved in 2020 shortly before the death of Steve Barnes. History Cellino & Barnes traced its history back to a law firm founded by Cellino's father, Cellino & Likoudis, in 1958. They were well known nationally for their distinctive jingle, which became an internet meme. The firm had offices across New York State, including New York City, and also in Los Angeles. In 2017, Cellino & Barnes had 50 attorneys and 250 employees in their offices. Upon the dissolution of the firm in June 2020, the two attorneys formed separate agencies: Cellino Law and the Barnes Firm. On October 2, 2020, Barnes, along with his niece Elizabeth, was killed in the crash of a TBM 700 The SOCATA TBM (now Daher TBM) is a family of high-performance single-engine turboprop business and utility light aircraft manufactured by Daher. It was or ...
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Buildings And Structures In Buffalo, New York
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ...
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Culture Of Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Southern Ontario. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the 78th-largest city in the United States. The city and nearby Niagara Falls together make up the two-county Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the 49th largest MSA in the United States. Buffalo is in Western New York, which is the largest population and economic center between Boston and Cleveland. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 17th century, the French began to explore the region. In the 18th century, Iroquois land surrounding Buffa ...
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Houses Completed In 1918
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such ...
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Historic District Contributing Properties In Erie County, New York
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems o ...
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Architecture Of Buffalo, New York
The Architecture of Buffalo, New York, particularly the buildings constructed between the American Civil War and the Great Depression, is said to have created a new, distinctly American form of architecture and to have influenced design throughout the world. History Buffalo's original plan from the early 19th century was loosely based on Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for Washington, an Americanized version of Paris's system of radiating boulevards. Buffalo's radial street grid was designed by Joseph Ellicott and complemented by a system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Buffalo was the first city for which Olmsted designed an interconnected park and parkway system rather than stand-alone parks. During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frederick Law Olmsted declared Buffalo to be "the best planned city, as to its streets, public places, and grounds, in the United States, if not in the world." According to ''The New Y ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Buffalo
The Diocese of Buffalo is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Buffalo, New York, United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the metropolitan province of the Archdiocese of New York. The Diocese of Buffalo includes eight counties in Western New York State. The Buffalo Diocese was established in 1847. From the Diocese of Buffalo, the Diocese of Rochester was created in 1868. Bishop Michael William Fisher is the current bishop of the diocese. Range and population The Diocese covers throughout the eight counties of Western New York. As of 2018, the diocese has a Catholic population of 725,125. In the Diocese are 161 parishes, 15 high schools, 52 elementary schools, seven colleges and universities, one seminary, convents, and four hospitals. History Establishment The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo was established April 23, 1847. It was set apart from the great Diocese of New York and the See located at Buffalo on Lake Erie, the territory ...
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Edgar Eugene Joralemon
Edgar Eugene Joralemon (1858–1937) was an architect in the U.S. The Drum Hill High School and Dunkirk School Number 7 are among the buildings he designed that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He worked in Minnesota and then Upstate New York. He replaced Harvey Ellis as Leroy S. Buffington's chief draftsman. Joralemon partnered with Fremont D. Orff from 1893 until 1897. Work *William W. And Louise McNair House (1886), a mansion in Minneapolis razed in 1961 * Henry E. Holmes House (1887) in Minneapolis * George W. and Nancy B. Van Dusen House (1893) at 1900 LaSalle Avenue in Minneapolis * North Tonawanda Carnegie Library (1903) at 240 Goundry Street in North Tonawanda, New York *Niagara Falls Public Library (1904 Carnegie Building) at 1022 Main Street in Niagara Falls, New York * Drum Hill High School (1909) on Ringgold Streer in Peekskill, New York * Depew High School (1914) in Depew, New York * Dunkirk School Number 7 (1921) at East Lake Shore Drive a ...
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Knox Mansion (Buffalo, New York)
The Knox Mansion is a historic residence of the Seymour H. Knox I family at 1035 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Knox resided in the home from 1904 until his death on May 16, 1915, at age 54.''The New York Times'', "Seymour H. Knox Dead," May 17, 1915. History In 1903 and 1904, prominent Buffalo businessman Seymour H. Knox I had a new 13,700 square foot Beaux Arts style mansion and carriage house constructed at 1045 Delaware Avenue. Mr. Knox commissioned celebrated architect Edgar E. Joralemon to design the three-story residence, which features 27 rooms and 11 fireplaces. According to ''The New York Times'', Knox's "Delaware Avenue home is one of the finest in the country." Knox lived in the house with his spouse, Grace Millard Knox, and three children: Dorothy Virginia Knox (Rogers-Goodyear), Seymour H. Knox II, and Marjorie Knox (Klopp). On May 16, 1915, Knox died at age 54 inside the residence, succumbing to uremia, a kidney disease. On May 18, 1915, his funeral wa ...
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Milton Beebe
Milton Earle Beebe (November 27, 1840 – February 3, 1923) was an American architect who designed numerous buildings in Buffalo, New York, in Fargo, North Dakota, and elsewhere.Milton Earl Beebe
Biographical Sketches and Portraits of 100 Buffalonians," pp. 13-14 (includes artist's rendering of Beebe)
He designed courthouses "at Warren, Smethport, Cambria, and Huntingdon in Pennsylvania, costing $100,000 each." Several are listed on the . He also designed
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WGRZ
WGRZ (channel 2) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo, and its transmitter is located on Warner Hill Road in South Wales, New York. However, master control and some internal operations are based at the studios of sister station and fellow NBC affiliate WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. History The station first signed on the air on August 14, 1954, as WGR-TV, owned by the WGR Corporation, along with WGR (550 AM). WGR-TV started out as an NBC affiliate sharing the 184 Barton Street studios of UHF outlet WBUF-TV (Channel 17). In 1955, WBUF-TV, which was dark at the time, was sold to NBC. In January 1956, WGR-TV became an ABC affiliate after NBC moved its programming to the company-owned WBUF. Most TV sets could not receive channels above 13 or needed a special device to do it. All television reception at the time was via set-top or roo ...
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