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.
History When listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the district encompassed 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure, earning the nickname Millionaires' Mile. The mansions were built between about 1890 and World War I and reflect Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival style architecture.
Notable extant buildings Notable buildings include: ()
599 Delaware Avenue - former Temple Beth Zion (1890-1961) by Kent, Tiffany Stained Glass (currently 805 Delaware Avenue) 672 Delaware Avenue - The Williams-Butler House (1896) by McKim, Mead & White 690 Delaware Avenue - The Williams-Pratt House (1896) by McKim, Mead & White 724 Delaware Avenue - The Westminster Presbyterian Church (1859) by Harlow W. Wilcox 786 Delaware Avenue - The Clement House (1914) by Edward Brodhead Green (now Greater Buffalo American Red Cross Building) 800 Delaware Avenue - The Mrs. Seymour H. Knox House (1915) by C. P. H. Gilbert (formerly 806 Delaware Avenue) 805 Delaware Avenue - Temple Beth Zion (1967) by Max Abramovitz, Ben Shahn Stained Glass (formerly 599 Delaware Avenue) 830 Delaware Avenue - The George Brewster Mathews House (1901) 844 Delaware Avenue - The Thomas B. Lockwood House (1888) 864 Delaware Avenue - The Harlow C. Curtiss House (1898) by Esenwein & Johnson (today the International Institute of Buffalo) 888 Delaware Avenue - The Charles W. Goodyear House (1903) by E.B. Green (formerly Bishop McMahon High School and Oracle Charter School)
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Demolished residences
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, New York
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672 Delaware Avenue - Williams-Butler House / Jacobs Executive Development Center 690 Delaware Avenue - Williams-Pratt House / LiRo Group Building 724 Delaware Avenue - Westminster Presbyterian Church 786 Delaware Avenue - Clement House / Red Cross Building 800 Delaware Avenue - Knox House / Computer Task Group Building 824 Delaware Avenue - Forman-Cabana House / Conners Children's Center 830 Delaware Avenue - Matthews House 844 Delaware Avenue - Richmond-Lockwood House / Conners Children's Center 864 Delaware Avenue - Curtiss House / International Institute 888 Delaware Avenue - Charles W. Goodyear House / Oracle Charter School Index to Buffalo's Delaware Avenue,, compiled by the Buffalo History Museum, 2016