Delaware Avenue Historic District is a national

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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

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. The mansions were built between about 1890 and World War I and reflect

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and

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style architecture.

Notable extant buildings

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/ref> * 599 Delaware Avenue - Temple Beth Zion (1890-1961) by Kent, Tiffany Stained Glass ''(currently 805 Delaware Avenue)' * 672 Delaware Avenue - The Williams-Butler House (1896) by

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* 690 Delaware Avenue - The Williams-Pratt House (1896) by

* 724 Delaware Avenue - The Westminster Presbyterian Church (1859) by Harlow W. Wilcox * 786 Delaware Avenue - 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 and education Green was born in Utica, New York, on May 10, 1855. He attended Corn ...

(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)'' * 805 Delaware Avenue - Temple Beth Zion (1967) by Max Abramovitz, Ben Shahn Stained Glass ''(formerly 599 Delaware Avenue)'' * 830 Delaware Avenue - The George Brewster Mathews House (1901) *

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- The Thomas B. Lockwood House (1888) * 864 Delaware Avenue - The Harlow C. Curtiss House (1898) by

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 ...

(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

690 Delaware Ave - 1.jpg, The Williams-Pratt House (1896) by

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

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

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