Buffalo City Hall

Buffalo City Hall

Olmsted Archives, Job #12106, Buffalo, NY

Quick Facts

Location:

Buffalo, NY

Significance:

Olmsted Designed Public Building

MANAGED BY:

Buffalo, NY

After Buffalo, New York’s County and City Hall were completed in 1875, Frederick Law Olmsted was hired to prepare a Preliminary Study for the grounds of both buildings, including sketches for proposed tree and shrub plantings. By 1931 a new City Hall was built, and the grounds Olmsted designed now serve the Erie County Clerk Offices, which still retains his original design.

Source: "Buffalo City Hall," Olmsted Online

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