The Huyler Building is a historic commercial and

office An office is a space where an Organization, organization's employees perform Business administration, administrative Work (human activity), work in order to support and realize objects and Goals, plans, action theory, goals of the organizati ...

building located in downtown Buffalo in

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. It was built in 1926, and is a four-story, four bay, reinforced concrete building faced in cast stone and brick in the

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

-style. The front facade features three large segmental-arched display windows,

balustraded A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its con ...

balconet, and carved "Huyler's" logo with flanking griffons. Some of the interior commercial space at 376 Delaware was installed by

Antonin Raymond Antonin Raymond (or cs, Antonín Raymond), born as Antonín Reimann (10 May 1888 – 25 October 1976)"Deaths Elsewhere", ''Miami Herald'', 30 October 1976, p. 10 was a Czech American architect. Raymond was born and studied in Bohemia (now part ...

(1888-1976) in 1939–1940. It was originally built for the

Huyler's Huyler's was a candy and restaurant chain in the New York City metropolitan area that operated from 1874 to 1964, and for a time was the largest and most prominent chocolate maker in the United States. It was founded by John S. Huyler (rhymes wit ...

candy company and for over 80 years occupied by the locally prominent Pitt Petri store. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying seven photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2012.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) Commercial buildings completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Buffalo, New York National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York {{BuffaloNY-struct-stub