Lake View is a
hamlet
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in
Erie County,
New York, United States.
Lake View is in the town of
Hamburg
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Geography
Lake View is south of
Buffalo along
Lake Erie
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. It is bounded by
Eighteen Mile Creek on the south, Pleasant Avenue on the north, Lake Erie on the west and the village of
Hamburg
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on the east.
History
Early settlers were Ebenezer Ames,
Jacob F. Schoellkopf
Jacob Friedrich Schoellkopf (November 15, 1819 – September 15, 1899) was a pioneer in harnessing the hydroelectric power of Niagara Falls.
Early life
Jacob F. Schoellkopf was born on November 15, 1819 in Kirchheim Unter Teck, a small town in th ...
, a successful entrepreneur in western New York, and
Ebenezer Walden, a prominent Buffalo attorney and mayor whose family built the Lake View Hotel in 1880 to serve the many traveling salesmen who arrived on the seven daily trains on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833 and sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the ...
(later part of
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Mid ...
) to sell their wares in the surrounding countryside. The salesmen (called "drummers") would rent a horse and buggy from the livery stable behind the six-room hotel to make their rounds.
By 1890, two more railroads ran through Lake View - the
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad , abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road", the railroad served parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvan ...
(the Nickel Plate Road) and the
Pennsylvania Railroad which brought economic prosperity to the small community. An electric trolley called the Buffalo & Erie was built to facilitate travel to and from Buffalo and operated until the mid-1930s.
In 1882, the Idlewood Association, a summer resort colony in Lake View was founded by Buffalo businessmen where members, including
James N. Adam and
John D. Larkin, had summer residences.
Also established were the Lake View School in 1890, the Gatling Land Boom in 1893, the Day Bicycle Factory in 1895, and the Lake View Fire Association in 1923.
During World War II, two young women named Winifred Stadler and Rita Fierle produced a newsletter called the ''Lake View Local'' which was sent to the town's men and women serving their country abroad.
In the late 1950s, the Lake View Community Association produced a cookbook called "The ABC's of Cooking" which contained many favorite recipes from the town's residents.
Lake View, NY is also the Official home of the 6 time World Champion Moose Jaw Rockies of the Preston Ridlehuber Football League (P.R.F.L.) The home of Moose Jaw Central sits atop the cliffs overlooking Eighteen Mile Creek.
Religious Institutions
The Lake View Community Church was established in 1889.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church was established in 1921; On September 1, 2001, it and the congregation from St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church were merged and officially renamed Blessed John Paul II Parish. Upon the canonization of John Paul II on April 27, 2014, the parish assumed the name of St. John Paul II R.C. Church.
Notable people
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William Stachowski, former New York state senator
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Francis J. Pordum, former New York state assemblyman
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Ebenezer Walden, former
mayor of Buffalo, New York
The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of Buffalo in the U.S. state of New York.
List of mayors
Number of mayors by party affiliation
History
In 1853, the charter of the city was amended to include the tow ...
References
External links
''Lake View Times'' web-related resources for Lake View and the surrounding area; includes noteworthy events, local links, old photos, community cookbook from the 1950s, a history of the area, maps and information on prominent citizens.
Lake View Community Church since 1891Emergent Christian Youth of Lake ViewLake View Community Association since 1922 a stream that forms the southern border of Lake View and empties into Lake Erie
More on Eighteen Mile Creek home to 385-million-year-old Middle Devonian fossils
covering 1804 to 1924; written in 1965 by Raymond V. Healy
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Hamlets in Erie County, New York