Architectural style Renaissance, Gothic Area 6 ha | NRHP Reference # 74001232 Added to NRHP 17 January 1974 | |
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Location W side of Delaware Ave. between North and Bryant Sts., Buffalo, New York Architect Gilbert, Charles Pierrepont | ||
Delaware Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Buffalo, New York, United States, and Erie County. It is located along the west side of Delaware Avenue (New York State Route 384) between North Street to the South and Bryant Street to the North. When listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the district encompassed 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure reflective of when Buffalo had more millionaires per capita than any city in America, and this was once Millionaires' Mile. The mansions were built between about 1890 and World War I and reflect Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Westminster Presbyterian Church (1858), the George and Charles Williams Houses (1894, 1896) by McKim, Mead & White, Stephen M. Clement House (1913) by Edward Brodhead Green (now Greater Buffalo American Red Cross Building), Seymour Knox House (1915) by Charles Pierrepont Gilbert, George Brewster Matthews House (1901), Thomas R. Lockwood House (1888), Buffalo Association for the Blind (1898) by Esenwein & Johnson, and Charles W. Goodyear House / Oracle Charter School (1903, formerly Bishop McMahon High School) by Edward Brodhead Green.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.