Esenwein & Johnson was an architectural firm of Buffalo, New York.
Firm history It was a partnership of German-born August Esenwein (1856-1926) and James A. Johnson (1865-1939). The partnership was started in 1898; the firm designed "many of Buffalo's outstanding buildings including the Lafayette High School and the General Electric Building". See also:
A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 2007, the Buffalo History Museum, then called the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, held an exhibition of their work entitled, "Art Nouveau and Other Expressions: Rediscovering the Architecture of Esenwein & Johnson."
Works Works include (with attribution): Ansonia Building (1906), 712-726 Main Street (at W. Tupper), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson) Automobile Club of Buffalo, 1910-1911, Clarence, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Bancroft Hotel, built 1912, 50 Franklin St. Worcester, Massachusetts (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Buffalo Museum of Science, built in 1929, (Esenwein & Johnson) The Calumet (1906), 46-58 West Chippewa St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Colonial Flats and Annex, 399-401 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, New York. Designed the "Annex" (1900), (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed. Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center, originally Fraternal Order of Orioles Headquarters (1914), 562 Genesee St., Buffalo New York (Esenwein & Johnson) The Durant, 607 E. 2nd Ave. Flint, Michigan (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Hotel Utica in Utica, New York Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, Built 1889 and demolished in 1940 (known as the Gerrans Building at that time) to make way of Bond Clothing Company Building (1940-1964) and now site of One M&T Plaza Fosdick-Masten Park High School, aka Masten Park High School (1914), Masten Ave. and E. North St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed General Electric Tower, aka Niagara-Mohawk Building and Electric Tower, 535 Washington St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Louis Kurtzman House (1907-1909), 24 Lincoln Parkway, Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson) Lafayette High School, 370 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Hotel Lafayette (1902), 391 Washington St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Linde Air Products Factory (1910, 1911 Additions), 155 Chandler St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed The Niagara, 201 Rainbow Blvd. Niagara Falls, New York (Esenwein and Johnson of Buffalo, NY), NRHP-listed Portage Hotel, 10 N. Main St. Akron, Ohio (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed Robert Keating Root Building (1912), 70-86 West Chippewa Street, Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson) Royal Connaught Hotel (1916) 118 King Street East Hamilton, Ontario Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building (1909-1911), 465 Washington St., Buffalo, New York, NRHP listed John Sinclair House (1909-1911), 94 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), part of the NRHP-listed Parkside East Historic District Hotel Statler (original, c. 1908), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson) Taylor Signal Company-General Railway Signal Company (1902-1906), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson) Note: This includes and Accompanying photographs Temple of Music (1901), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson) United Office Building (1929), 222 1st Street, Niagara Falls, New York (James A. Johnson), NRHP-listed M. Wile and Company Factory Building, 77 Goodell St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed
A more complete list of works is found on the Buffalo Architecture and History web site.
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References
External links Esenwein & Johnson records 1891-1942: An inventory at EmpireADC.org, courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum. Esenwein & Johnson client list: A list courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum.