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Creating a Broadway-Fillmore Historic District Winter 2018 www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org Creating a Broadway-Fillmore Historic District n 2016, Preservation BROADWAY-FILLMORE HISTORIC DISTRICT | BUFFALO, NY Council, the new local I Buffalo Niagara was district will include a total approached by the Historic of 247 buildings, including 18 24 26 30 32 East Side Neighborhood homes, religious, civic, Initiative (HESNI) to explore 31 33 35 commercial, and industrial preservation options for structures (see map for the Broadway-Fillmore boundaries). neighborhood. Together, we Neighborhood History were able to secure funding through the Preservation This neighborhood’s rise League of New York State and and challenges very much Councilman David Franczyk mirror how Buffalo and to hire Preservation Studios much of the industrial to update a 2003 survey, 761 1048 Northeast and Midwest and make recommendations were developed, and for how to approach later impacted by urban preservation in this important 938 renewal and sprawl Buffalo neighborhood. PLAYTER ST development. By creating SEARS ST After numerous stakeholder 935 CLARK ST 209 this designation, the meetings and two community 690 205 SIENKIEWICZ PL community hopes to meetings held over the 232 highlight Broadway- course of two years, the 199 Fillmore’s history as a first recommendation from 193 165 catalyst for revitalization. that study is ready to be 651 179 S. MARKET ST implemented. The buildings included Participants in the in the district represent planning process expressed 155 a variety of styles, types, two strong goals for this 294 and uses, many designed PADEREWSKI DR initiative: 1) That the by prominent Buffalo district would help to Contributing Non-Contributing Vacant District architects. The district Property Property Boundaries slow demolitions in the was named after the neighborhood, and 2) that Proposed Broadway-Fillmore Historic District intersection of Broadway preservation efforts would open community members up and Fillmore Avenue, which as its name suggests, is the for financial incentives to invest in their properties. The heart of the neighborhood. Broadway (known as Batavia initial recommendation that is being implemented now is Street until 1877) was laid out in 1821, extended in 1848, for a Certified Local Historic District in the area along and and paved east of Fillmore by the 1870s. It was one of immediately east of the Broadway-Fillmore intersection. the earliest radials in Joseph Ellicott’s plan for Buffalo, A Certified Local District is a locally designated historic connecting Buffalo to the City of Batavia and beyond. district that is certified by the National Park Service allowing Fillmore Avenue was surveyed as a public highway around those homes and buildings in the district to be eligible for 1830 and was extended to Broadway in the late 1840s. It was Historic Tax Credits even though they are not listed on eventually named after former President Millard Fillmore, the National Register of Historic Places. Once formally who lived in Buffalo after his presidency. While much of accepted by the Buffalo Preservation Board and Common continued on page 3 Broadway Fillmore cover story Out of the Shadows 6 Historic Tax Credits at Risk 9 Letter from the Executive Director 2 Welcome New Board Members 7 Preservation in Progress 10 Saving Our Sacred Sites 5 2018 Preservation Awards 8 Tours & Events 12 Preservation Buffalo Niagara Winter 2018 Preservation Buffalo Niagara Letter from the Executive Director 617 Main Street, Suite 201 Buffalo, NY 14203 (716) 852-3300 Dear Friends, www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org Winter is in full force here in Mission Western New York, and we Preservation Buffalo Niagara hope that you are enjoying provides leadership in identifying, the quiet majesty of our snow- protecting, and promoting the unique covered landscapes as much architecture and historic legacy of Western New York communities. as we are. Even in the depths of winter, PBN has not slowed Board of Trustees down. From Jamestown to Niagara Falls and in virtually E. Frits Abell Kristan Andersen every neighborhood in Patrick Brown Buffalo, we have been active Jason Lloyd Clement in empowering our region to protect and promote our unique architecture and Peter Flynn historic legacy on behalf of our members. David Kinyon Thomas Knab Margie Pawloski In November, I attended the National Trust’s PastForward Conference in Mike Puma Chicago. It was a great opportunity to meet with preservation colleagues from Maureen Purcell Terry Robinson across the country and around the world, as well as a chance to reflect on the Ally Spongr importance of expanding the preservation world to include more people and Eric Stenclik more stories and build a movement that is truly reflective of who we are as a Ramona Whitaker nation. From the Opening Plenary which featured Lee Bay, Vice President of Life Trustees & Technical Advisors the DuSable Museum of African American History and the announcement of the National Trust’s new African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, to Richard Baer the standing-room only Learning Lab on Catalyzing an Antiracist Community R. Maura Cohen Preservation Movement, the conference seemed wholly dedicated to expanding Gary Costello Peter Filim the voices at the table and deepening what preservation can mean. Frank Kowsky Martin Wachaldo My personal favorite event at the 2017 conference was an all-day workshop at the Jane Adams Hull House titled: “In the Company of Radical Women.” There, we Staff explored how the work and legacy of three activist women (Jane Adams, Matilda Jessie Fisher, Joslyn Gage, and Pauli Murray) was brought to life for new generations through Executive Director interpretation and programming in their homes. Lucky for us, the Matilda Bradley J. Bethel Jr., Joslyn Gage Center is located just down the road from us in Fayetteville, New Communications Manager York near Syracuse, and you can bet it is on my family’s to do list this summer! Olivia Cammisa-Frost, 2018 will be filled with programs and opportunities for PBN members to learn Membership & Education Director and to come together. We are looking forward to seeing you at one of these Christiana Limniatis, events soon! Director of Preservation Services Sincerely, Docents Mary Jo Davila-Ryan Ron Eaton Peter Grace Gretchan Grobe Drew Kinder Harry Meyer Katie Moriarity Jessie Fisher John O’Hare Executive Director Margie Pawloski Cindy Pearson Laurie Seier Rich Smyth Shannon Sutton Phyllis Weyer Ted Wright 2 Preservation Buffalo Niagara Winter 2018 Broadway-Fillmore continued from page 1 Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood Development the area around the proposed district has been heavily impacted by demolition, the proposed historic district itself remains 1821 – Batavia Street is laid out. relatively intact, providing a critical view of the development 1853 – The area that includes of commercial and residential Broadway-Fillmore was annexed by architecture in East Buffalo. the City of Buffalo. 1804 That said, the historic district is threatened. It has experienced 1870 - A small Polish community several decades of physical and of 150 residents occupied the environmental deterioration neighborhood. from disinvestment, which has led to increased vacancies and 1873 – Joseph Bork, a real estate high demolition rates. Although developer and former treasurer 1870’s many buildings have been lost, of the City of Buffalo, donated a the remaining buildings for the piece of property to the Catholic most part retain their historic diocese for the establishment of St. architectural character, and Stanislaus parish. Bork then built combine to form a distinct sense some 400 homes in the surrounding of place, recalling a significant era blocks. in Buffalo’s history. 1874 The Broadway-Fillmore Historic 1877 – Batavia Street is officially District has a significant social renamed as Broadway. history tied with its residential and commercial development, 1889 – The Eckhardt Family begins representing the period of late commissioning buildings at the nineteenth and early twentieth- intersection of Broadway-Fillmore, century Polish immigration on leading the development of a major 1880’s Buffalo’s East Side. The district is commercial district. part of the area known as Polonia, a Buffalo enclave of what was one of 1890 - Broadway City Market the largest Polish communities in constructed. Over 20,000 Polish the United States. residents lived in the neighborhood. Architectural Distinction 1900 – John G. Sattler built his 1890 shoe store between Gibson and The majority of the architectural Beck, which expanded into one of fabric is defined by detached, the earliest and eventually largest frame workers’ cottages consisting and most iconic department stores of one and two stories falling in the area. under the following categories: one-story residences mainly with 1939 1914 – Polish Union Hall, 761 telescoping additions that expand Fillmore Avenue, was built. to the rear of the lot; two-story A cornerstone of the Polish residences, similarly containing community, it was the headquarters rear additions; two-story of the Polish Union of America. residences with no additions; and two-story doubles with separate flats on each level. The 1939 – The Eckhardt’s built an Art 1940’s Moderne style building to replace Worker’s Cottage is significant their c.1899 brick store at 950 for its widespread popularity Broadway. in American urban and semi- urban areas during the second 1956 – The current Broadway half of the nineteenth and early Market was constructed. twentieth
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