Delaware Avenue Historic District (Buffalo, New York)
# Delaware Avenue Historic District (Buffalo, New York)

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 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 extant buildings

Notable buildings include:

* 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)
* 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.

## Gallery

* The Clement House by Edward Brodhead Green
* The Williams-Butler House (1894) by McKim, Mead & White
* The Williams-Pratt House (1896) by McKim, Mead & White
* The Charles W. Goodyear House by Green & Wicks
* George B. Mathews House
* Harlow C. Curtiss House

## Demolished residences

* The Erzelia Metcalfe House (1884) by McKim, Mead & White
* The Edmund B. Hayes House (1892) by E. B. Green
* The Frank H. Goodyear House (1904) by Carrère and Hastings
