Automobile Club of Buffalo is a historic

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located at

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Erie County, New York Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236. The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population. Both the county and Lake Erie w ...

. It was designed by the architectural firm of

Esenwein & Johnson Esenwein & Johnnson was an architectural firm of Buffalo, New York. Firm history It was a partnership of German-born August Esenwein (1856-1926) and James A. Johnson (1865-1939). The partnership was started in 1898; the firm designed "many of Bu ...

and built in 1910–1911 in the Craftsman style. It is a two-story, "Y"-shaped, wood-frame building with a low hipped roof and broad eaves. The building measures 184 feet long and 32 feet wide. It features a deep

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, semicircular two-story tower, broad

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, enclosed one-story porch, and two exposed chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing storage shed. The property was sold to the Town of Clarence in 1957, and is used as a town park. The Automobile Club of Buffalo joined the

American Automobile Association American Automobile Association (AAA – commonly pronounced as "Triple A") is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America. AAA is a privately held not-for-profit national member association and service organization with over 60 m ...

in 1903, one of its earliest affiliates. The clubhouse was built to promote membership in the Automobile Club of Buffalo, and was one of only six

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s built by similar organizations in the United States. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 2012.

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Buffalo Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1911 Buildings and structures in Erie County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York Road transportation on the National Register of Historic Places Motor vehicle buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) {{BuffaloNY-struct-stub