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1894 - Twentieth Century Club founded. 1896 - Ellicott Square Building completed. [1] ... "Directories: Buffalo". New York Heritage – via Empire State Library Network.
Designed by noted naval architect Frank E. Kirby; [5] one of the last two remaining turn-of-the-century excursion steamships in existence, having ferried passengers from Detroit to Bois Blanc Island until 1991. Currently docked on the Buffalo River while undergoing repairs. [6] Register record transferred to Buffalo December 20, 2017. 55 ...
Buffalo is the county seat of Erie County, and the second most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, after New York City. Originating around 1789 as a small trading community inhabited by the Neutral Nation near the mouth of Buffalo Creek , the city, then a town, grew quickly after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, with the city at ...
The Buffalo History Museum was constructed in 1901 as the New York State pavilion for the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 and is the sole surviving permanent structure from the exposition. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1980, and designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27, 1987.
The City of Buffalo established the Preservation Board in 1976. Its powers and responsibilities are derived from Buffalo's Preservation Ordinance, which declares "as a matter of public policy that preservation, protection, conservation, enhancement, perpetuation, and utilization of sites, buildings, improvements, and districts of special character, historical or aesthetic interest, or value ...
The history of Westchester County, a county in the state of New York, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement between the Hudson River and Long Island Sound in the 17th century. The area now known as Westchester County had seen human occupation since at least the Archaic period , but significant growth in the settlements that are now ...
With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the second-most populous city in New York state after New York City, and the 81st-most populous city in the U.S. [10] Buffalo is the primary city of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the 49th ...
African-American history in Buffalo, New York (8 P) Amana Colonies (13 P) B. Buffalo Six (10 P) C. Centuries in Buffalo, New York (2 C)