Former names Goldome Type Office Opening May 1901 Floors 3 Owner M&T Bank Architect Edward Brodhead Green | Status Complete Completed 1901 Opened May 1901 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture Construction started 1899 | |
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Location 545 Main Street, (1 Fountain Plaza), Buffalo, NY, United States Similar Electric Tower, One M&T Plaza, Erie County Savings, County and City Hall, Lafayette Square | ||
Greater buffalo savings bank
The Buffalo Savings Bank is a neoclassical, Beaux–Arts style bank branch building located at 1 Fountain Plaza in downtown Buffalo, New York.
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- Greater buffalo savings bank
- Map of Buffalo Savings Bank Buffalo NY 14203 USA
- Buffalo savings bank santa 1982
- History
- References
Map of Buffalo Savings Bank, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Buffalo savings bank santa 1982
History
The Buffalo Savings Bank building opened in May 1901. The building's signature feature is the gold-leafed dome, which measures 23 feet tall and 56 feet in diameter. It is covered with 13,500 terra-cotta tiles. The tiles originally were overlaid with copper, which took on a greenish hue. The tiles have been gilded three times. The last restoration required 140,000 paper-thin sheets of 23.75-carat gold leaf at a cost $500,000 (more than the initial cost of the building). The building contains a 9-foot (2.7 m) clock above the main columned entrance. In 1982, the original bank building received a larger linked addition on the north side called M & T Center (not to be confused with One M&T Plaza). In 1991, the Buffalo Savings Bank company became insolvent and was dissolved. The building currently serves as a branch of M&T Bank and has been designated a City of Buffalo Landmark.
Key Center North Tower and Key Center South Tower are across Main Street from the building. The Electric Tower is to the southeast.
In 2010, the bank was used in the filming of Henry's Crime, a movie in which the bank is robbed.