Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western RR. Lackawanna Terminal (Buffalo Boat Depot), Buffalo New York
The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western (D.L.S W.) Railroad Terminal Complex was a regionally significant structure within the context of transportation The D.L & W, was the oldest railroad station existing in Buffalo in 1979. It was also the last of the five stations which operated in Buffalo in 1923 at the city's zenith as a major rail center. Set on a prominent riverfront site, it retained its integrity of design.
The 8.1 acre site, which was sold by the City of Buffalo and Conrail to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in 1979, is bounded on the north by South Park Avenue, west by the Skyway, south by the Buffalo River and east by Michigan Avenue. The terminal complex consisted of four structures, the train shed and attached ticketing and terminal buildings to the west of the shed and a brick signal tower/power house at the easternmost site boundary.
More...Cary House, Buffalo New York
This large, 2-1/2-story French Second-Empire brick house with Gothic details was located at the southern residential end of Delaware Avenue--a broad, tree lined street with large prestigious homes of Buffalo's wealthy citizens. The house was irregular in plan, had projecting bays with wooden detailing, a mansard roof with pointed-arch dormer windows, and exterior window label moldings--all accented by a three-story octagonal entrance tower topped by an octagonal cupola with crenelated wooden parapet.
The structure burned on July 10, 1965. Until the building was vacated in May 1965 to make way for demolition, it was occupied for several years by the Normandy Restaurant. It is known that ceilings were lowered and other modifications made to adapt the residence to restaurant use. Demolished, 1966.
More...Buffalo Lighthouse, Buffalo New York
This was the second lighthouse in Buffalo. Its picture is included in the seal of the city of Buffalo symbolizing the city's tradition as an important port on the Great Lakes. It now serves as a historical monument. The photo above dates from 1859.
More...Rose Hill, Tivoli New York
John Watts de Peyster (1821-1906) purchased land at Snake point from Eugene Livingston, his wife's cousin, of the adjacent Teviot, In 1843, he had erected a large Tuscan Villa which he named Rose Hill. The Tuscan Villa was then popular for country estates. Flanking wings and a tower containing a library were added later. The estate also included flower gardens, stables and farm buildings. After de Peyster's death. Rose Hill became the Leake and Watts Orphan House. Dorothy Day, a leader of the Catholic Worker Movement, purchased Rose Hill in 1964. The Catholic Worker Movement operated Rose Hill as a farm until 1978. Rose Hill is one of twenty-one contiguous estates along the east bank of the Hudson from Stratsburg to Tivoli, New York.
John Watts de Peyster, for whom Rose Hill was constructed, was the heir of a prominent and wealthy family. His life was comprised of strenuous and unintellectual activity, offset by apparently severe psychosomatic illness. In his writing, de Peyster spoke of the great reserves of strength he experienced when his activities were successful contrasted with debilitating sickness when his fortunes spun downward. He thought that his life should be one of service to society. Consequently, he pursued activities that he believed necessary for the protection and preservation of society: firefighting and the militia.
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