Built 1894 Opened 1894 Added to NRHP 21 August 2009 | NRHP Reference # 09000630 Phone +1 716-886-6635 | |
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Location 875 Elmwood AvenueBuffalo, New York Similar Trinity Episcopal Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of, First Presbyterian Church, Durham Memorial AME Zi, Richmond Avenue Methodist | ||
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church complex located at 875 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The complex consists of the large cruciform-plan church building that was built in 1894 with an attached rear chapel. Adjoining them is the Community House that constructed of brick in the Tudor Revival style, that was built in 1921. The main church building is constructed of Medina sandstone with a terra cotta tile roof in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a 120-foot-tall (37 m), square bell tower with a pyramidal roof. The church cost $150,000 to build and has a capacity of 1,000 people
History
The current church was the parish's third, and was built in response to demand for a larger place of worship. The parish originally worshiped in a building located at Lafayette Square.
The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It is located in the Elmwood Historic District–East.