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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QX3_prudential-guaranty-building_Buffalo-NY.html
Prudential (Guaranty) Building Architect, Louis H. Sullivan, called the father of modern American architecture Early all-steel frame office bldg. with fine terra cotta veneer Built in 1895
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QX1_with-liberty-and-justice-for-all_Buffalo-NY.html
The vista along Court Street from Niagara Square to Lafayette Square embraces a continuum of human struggle for freedom and justice. In the center of the vista stands a monument to the soldiers and sailors who perished in the war to preserve the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QX0_our-legacy-of-abundant-water_Buffalo-NY.html
The presence of a vast inland sea and its wide river tributary in western New York soon attracted settlers. The tiny village of Black Rock, north of Ellicott's Niagara Square, was expected to flourish, however, not Buffalo. Black Rock already has …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWO_from-social-center-to-civic-center_Buffalo-NY.html
Conceived in 1804 by Joseph Ellicott (right), Niagara Square was the beginning of what renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted would in mid-century call "the best planned city as to its streets, public places, and grounds in the United …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWN_buffalos-first-school-house_Buffalo-NY.html
On this site was Buffalo's First School House built 1807-8 · destroyed Dec · 30 · 1813 · at the burning of the village by the British.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QW8_samuel-manning-welch_Buffalo-NY.html
Samuel Manning Welch 1851 1919 citizen soldier 1879 1915 Served in the National Guard of New York 1887 1911 Colonel 65th Infantry 1898 Colonel 65th New York Volunteer Infantry in Spanish American War 1911 1915 Brigadier General 4th Brigade N.G.N.Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QW7_buffalo-burns_Buffalo-NY.html
Timeline of Excursions 1814 November 5 American forces withdraw from Canadian territory. August-September American forces withstand British siege and repel British attempts to take back Fort Erie. July 25 American and British forces fight to a dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVX_from-frontier-to-major-city-buffalo-city-hall_Buffalo-NY.html
From Frontier to Major City In the early 1800s, Buffalo was a sleepy village known as New Amsterdam, on the edge of America's then western frontier. Holland Land Company surveyor Joseph Ellicott, inspired by Pierre L'Enfant's radial street plan fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVW_buffalo-and-black-rock-railroad_Buffalo-NY.html
Buffalo and Black Rock Railroad Southern terminus of horse-drawn railroad over which first car traveled on May 16, 1834. Absorbed 1835 by Buffalo and Niagara Falls (steam) Railroad and, in 1853, became part of the New York Central Railroad.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVG_william-mckinley_Buffalo-NY.html
[west side] William McKinley was elected to Congress as a representative from Ohio in 1876, '78, '80, '82, '84, '86, '88, was elected Governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893 and President of the United States in 1896 and 1900. [south side] William McKin…
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