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The Hoover House, one of Amherst Museum's historic buildings. Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village is an open-air museum located in Amherst, New York.The Museum's mission is to preserve, interpret, and exhibit the agricultural history and rural heritage of the Buffalo Niagara region.
Amherst was created by the State of New York on April 10, 1818, from part of the town of Buffalo (later the city of Buffalo), which itself had previously been created from the town of Clarence. Amherst was named after Lord Jeffrey Amherst, commander-in-chief of the British army in North America from 1758 to 1763. Timothy S. Hopkins was elected ...
Amherst Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Ticonderoga, in Essex County, New York. The district contains 16 contributing buildings on ten properties; 10 houses and six garages.
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 ...
Side-gabled vernacular stone residence with 1920s-era front porch in Craftsman style. Possibly one of the oldest buildings in Amherst (estimates for its date of construction extend back to the 1810s); once part of the 100-acre cattle farm of pioneer settler Peter Hershey, where it may have served as a barn. 58 Youngs Road Not eligible
East Amherst is a wealthy suburb [2] centered in an area originally known as Transit Station, a name that has its origins in the railroad station of the New York Central "Peanut Line", so called from its narrow gauge tracks, that crossed Transit Road just north of Muegel Road. The New York Central Railway arrived in the area in 1854, with the ...
The Northtown Center at Amherst, formerly the Amherst Ice Center and the Amherst Pepsi Center, is a 1,800-seat multipurpose arena in Amherst, New York, located adjacent to the University at Buffalo. The current sponsor is Northtown Auto, a Buffalo area chain of auto dealerships. [ 1 ]
The property was acquired by the Town of Amherst and New York State in January 2000, after both entities evenly split the $5 million price to purchase the former convent and surrounding area. New York State owns 77 acres (0.31 km 2) of the property while the Town of Amherst owns the remaining three acres (1.2 ha) of the park's lands. Under an ...