Delaware Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Buffalo, New York,

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, and Erie County. It is located along the west side of Delaware Avenue (

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) between North Street to the South and Bryant Street to the North.

History

When listed on the

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in 1974, the district encompassed 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure reflective of when Buffalo had more

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s per capita than any city in America, and this was once Millionaires' Mile. The mansions were built between about 1890 and World War I and reflect

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and Gothic Revival style architecture.

Notable extant buildings

Notable buildings include: ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> * 672 Delaware Avenue - The Williams-Butler House (1896) by McKim, Mead & White * 690 Delaware Avenue - The Williams-Pratt House (1896) by McKim, Mead & White * 724 Delaware Avenue - The Westminster Presbyterian Church (1859) by Harlow W. Wilcox *

786 Delaware Avenue The Clement House, also known as the Red Cross Building, is a 17,000 sq. ft. mansion located in Buffalo, New York that was built in 1913. The house was designed by architect Edward Brodhead Green of Green & Wicks for the president of Marine Nation ...

- The Clement House (1914) by

Edward Brodhead Green Edward Brodhead Green (May 10, 1855 – February 2, 1950), very often referred to as E. B. Green, was a major American architect from New York State. Early life Green was born in Utica, New York on May 10, 1855. He attended Cornell Universi ...

(now Greater Buffalo American Red Cross Building) * 800 Delaware Avenue - The Mrs. Seymour H. Knox House (1915) by C. P. H. Gilbert ''(formerly 806 Delaware Avenue)'' * 830 Delaware Avenue - The George Brewster Mathews House (1901) * 844 Delaware Avenue - The Thomas B. Lockwood House (1888) * 864 Delaware Avenue - The Harlow C. Curtiss House (1898) by Esenwein & Johnson (today the International Institute of Buffalo) * 888 Delaware Avenue - The Charles W. Goodyear House (1903) by E.B. Green (formerly Bishop McMahon High School and Oracle Charter School) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Gallery

Clement_House_-_1.jpg, The Clement House by

672 Delaware Ave - 1.jpg, The Williams-Butler House (1894) by McKim, Mead & White 690 Delaware Ave - 1.jpg, The Williams-Pratt House (1896) by McKim, Mead & White 888 Delaware Ave.jpg, The Charles W. Goodyear House by

Green & Wicks Green & Wicks was an architectural firm of Buffalo, New York. Practice Edward Brodhead Green was an 1878 graduate of Cornell University's College of Architecture, and designed a number of buildings which made up Cornell's Agriculture Quadrangle ...

George B. Mathews House, Buffalo, New York - 20200721.jpg, George B. Mathews House International Institute of Buffalo - fmr Harlow C. Curtiss House, Buffalo Association for the Blind - Buffalo, New York - 20200929.jpg, Harlow C. Curtiss House

Demolished residences

Metcalfe House - Buffalo History Museum.jpg, The Erzelia Metcalfe House (1884) by McKim, Mead & White Edmund B. Hayes House, 147 North Street, Buffalo, New York (1892).jpg, The Edmund B. Hayes House (1892) by E. B. Green Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building - a general reference work (1907) (14597463849).jpg, The Frank H. Goodyear House (1904) by

Carrère and Hastings Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère ( ; November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was one of the outstanding American Beaux-Arts architecture firms. Located in New York City ...

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