Buffalo City Hall
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Buffalo City Hall
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Buffalo's City Hall from Niagara Square
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| Location | 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY |
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| Coordinates | 42°53′11.73″N 78°52′45.49″W / 42.8865917°N 78.8793028°WCoordinates: 42°53′11.73″N 78°52′45.49″W / 42.8865917°N 78.8793028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Dietel, Wade & Jones |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP Reference # | 98001611 |
| Added to NRHP | January 15, 1999 |
Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco building was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones.
The 378-foot-tall (115.2 m) building (398 feet [121.3 m] when measured from street level to the tip of the tower) is one of the largest and tallest municipal buildings in the United States and is also one of the tallest buildings in Western New York. It was designed by chief architect John Wade with the assistance of George Dietel. The friezes were sculpted by Albert Stewart and the sculpture executed by Rene Paul Chambellan.
Buffalo City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
In 1851, the city bought the property at the northwest corner of Church and Franklin streets in Buffalo to be used for the Mayor's office and other city offices. On this site, and constructed between 1871 and 1875, the city built a monumental granite structure designed by Rochester architect Andrew Jackson Warner (1833–1910). The building, now known as the County and City Hall, featured three floors and a large, seven-story clock tower. It held offices for the City of Buffalo and Erie County.
In 1920, the Buffalo Common Council decided, in light of the fact that the population of the city had quadrupled since the construction of County and City Hall, that a new building was needed to house the government of Buffalo.Niagara Square was chosen as it is one of the central components of Joseph Ellicott's plan of 1804 for the city of Buffalo. From this location, one can see the waterways of Lake Erie and the shores of Canada as well as the rest of downtown Buffalo. On September 16, 1929, construction of City Hall began and the building was ultimately completed on November 10, 1931 with the dedication taking place on July 1, 1932, commemorating the city's Centennial.
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