Preservation Board
The City of Buffalo established thDesignation Criteria
The City of Buffalo designates landmarks and historic districts according to a process and criteria established in the Preservation Ordinance. The Preservation Board makes a recommendation, and the Common Council makes a decision, as to whether a proposed landmark, landmark site, or historic district meets one or more of the following criteria: # It has character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the city, state, or nation. # Its location is a site of a significant local, state, or national event. # It exemplifies the historic, aesthetic, architectural, archaeological, educational, economic, or cultural heritage of the city, state, or nation. # It is identified with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the development of the city, state, or nation. # It embodies distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction, or use of indigenous materials. # It is the work of a master builder, engineer, designer, architect, or landscape architect whose individual work has influenced the development of the city, state, or nation. # It embodies elements of design, detailing, materials, or craftsmanship that render it architecturally significant. # It embodies elements that make it structurally or architecturally innovative. # It is a unique location or contains singular physical characteristics that make it an established or familiar visual feature within the city. Any structure, property, or area that meets one or more of the above criteria must also have sufficient integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship to make it worthy of preservation or restoration.Project Review
Once the City of Buffalo has designated a landmark or historic district, the designated property or properties fall under the purview of the Preservation Board. The Preservation Board reviews exterior work only, and applies thList of Local Landmarks
A landmark is a structure, object, or site, which the City of Buffalo has designated per the criteria of the Preservation Ordinance, that has been determined to possess individual local, state, and/or national significance.List of Local Historic Districts
A historic district is geographically definable area, which the City of Buffalo has designated per the criteria of the Preservation Ordinance, that possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically by past events or united aesthetically by plan or development. A historic district may also comprise individual elements, separated geographically, but linked by association or history.See also
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References
{{reflist Geography of Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York-related lists Buffalo landmarks