An Urban Explorer's Guide to the Buffalo-Niagara Region: Unique Landmarks, Historic Gin Mills, Old World Neighborhoods, History, Nickel City Oddities, Tours and More!
Forgotten Buffalo Tour of Black Rock - May 9, 2009
Built c. 1830 by Augustus Porter (brother of Peter Porter) on a 3/4 acre lot for the purpose of entertaining potential land buyers in a tavern. What appears to be an additional 1 1/2-story rear wing is actually the original structure. This may have been used as living quarters while the larger wing was added on Amherst Street to be a tavern. The front of the original building was sawed off and the larger front section built on. About 1840 the building was remodeled and became a 1-family home for the Jacob Schmidt family (wife Catherine).
The Former St. Francis Xavier RC Church, now the Buffalo Religious Arts Center
Brian Castner of the Center explains the mission: to establish in Buffalo a place to display and exhibit religious art from the various faith traditions in our community.
Built in 1911-1913, the Mother Church of Black Rock
A saint....and a sinner
Built by German immigrants, the Parish closed in 2007
Tour of Black Rock
A forgotten buffalo landmark - The 1827 Breckenridge Church at 44 Breckenridge Street is an outstanding example of the Federal style, rare in Buffalo, and the only Federal church surviving in the city today.
Near the historic center of Black Rock - Mason Street - The little house at 17 Mason was built around 1800. That means (if the date is accurate) that it survived the War of 1812, in which most of Buffalo was burned to the ground.
A Toast of Genesee Beer on Squaw Island, neaer the International Railroad Bridge
Mixer's Bar on Niagara Street
Barry's Bar & Grill - Backroom
Dill's Tavern, Military Road
Dill's Tavern
Narodnij Dim, Buffalo’s Oldest Ukrainian American community center, was established at the turn of the century. The current building was built in 1900 to serve the needs of the growing Eastern European immigrants centered around the Black Rock neighborhood
