Historical Society
New York State Pavilion
The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society is located on Nottingham Court in the city of Buffalo, just east of Elmwood Avenue, north of the Scajaquada Expressway, in the northwest corner of Delaware Park. It occupies the building constructed in 1901 as the New York State pavilion for that year's Pan American Exposition, the sole surviving permanent structure from the exposition. As planned, the (then) Buffalo Historical Society moved into the building after the exposition.
Designed by Buffalo architect George Cary (1859–1945), its south portico is
meant to evoke the Parthenon, in Athens. In 1987, it was designated a National
Historic Landmark.
Founded in 1862, the Buffalo Historical Society's first president was Millard
Fillmore. It has hosted observances of Lincoln's Birthday for over a century.
The Society changed its name to the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
in 1960. Its exhibits, programs, and library materials are a magnet for
schoolchildren, families, students, educators, genealogists, and house
researchers.
Text from Wikipedia
interior
second floor
Pan American Exposition survivor
Pan American Exposition
now the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
The Centaur
The Fillmore Carriage
Buffalo and the Erie Canal
tow mule replacement coming from the on board pen
Erie Canal lock
Buffalo harbor
