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City of Buffalo official website; BuffaloResearch.com An encyclopedic guide to researching Buffalo ancestors and architecture; Firsts in Buffalo: A List of Major and Minor Individuals and Events: A list of over 350 persons and events with sources, by the Buffalo History Museum
The city of Buffalo is the location of 189 of these properties and districts; they are listed here, while the other properties and districts are listed separately. Another two properties in the city were formerly listed but have been removed.
The City of Buffalo established the Preservation Board in 1976. Its powers and responsibilities are derived from Buffalo's Preservation Ordinance, which declares "as a matter of public policy that preservation, protection, conservation, enhancement, perpetuation, and utilization of sites, buildings, improvements, and districts of special character, historical or aesthetic interest, or value ...
May 14: The deadliest shooting in the city's 221-year history occurs. 13 people are shot, and 10 of them die. [33] December 23–27: A snowstorm kills 41 people, becoming the deadliest snowstorm in the city's history. 2023 Mayor Byron Brown begins his 5th term, becoming the longest-serving mayor of Buffalo.
The Buffalo History Museum (founded as the Buffalo Historical Society, and later named the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society) is located at 1 Museum Court (formerly 25 Nottingham Court) [3] in Buffalo, New York, just east of Elmwood Avenue and off of Nottingham Terrace, north of the Scajaquada Expressway, in the northwest corner of Delaware Park.
In 2004, the Dillon Courthouse was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing element of the Joseph Ellicott Historic District in Buffalo. [1] After completion of Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in 2012, Dillon Courthouse became vacant. In 2016 building was acquired by the City of Buffalo. [2]
The City of Buffalo Police Department was established in 1871, taking over for the previous Niagara Frontier Police District (c. 1866 [6]) that oversaw not only Buffalo, but also Tonawanda and Wheatfield. [1] [7] The first BPD force had 204 men. [7]
1872 (special) 31 Lewis P. Dayton: Democratic 1874 – 1875 1873: 32 Philip Becker: Republican 1876 – January 7, 1878 1875: 33 Solomon Scheu: Democratic