Central Park, Buffalo

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Coordinates: 42°56′39″N 78°50′31″W / 42.9441°N 78.8419°W / 42.9441; -78.8419
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Central Park is a residential neighborhood in

Lewis Jackson Bennett (1833–1925) on his Buffalo Cement Company property.[1][2] His Central Park home was designed by Buffalo architect Milton Earl Beebe.[2]

Early development

Bennett bought land in North Buffalo for a

Delaware Park.[1]

Later developments

Central Park was in close proximity to the Beltline Railroad and a station was built in Central Park (at Starin and Amherst). Known as the Central Park Station, it was owned by Buffalo Cement and leased by

Hudson River Railroad.[1]

The Otowega Club's clubhouse was located in the area at the corner of Linden and Starin. It was later used by the Art Institute of Buffalo before being demolished after World War II. Burke's Green initially was an unnamed parcel of park land deeded to the city by Bennett, with a beehive-style pile of rocks and a water pipe up that drizzled water over the rocks. Eventually this fountain was dismantled and an evergreen was placed in the center. Then, in the 1960s, the park was dedicated to the memory of F. Brendan Burke, and renamed Burke's Green. Bennett's house at 354 Depew Avenue was constructed in the area. It included 24 rooms and sat on 3 acres of land. It was demolished in 1935 and 12 building lots created.[1]

Bennett donated the land on Main Street to the City for

Chauncey M. Depew, a US Senator, New York State Secretary of State, and President of the New York Central Railroad.[1]

See also

  • Neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York

References

  1. ^ a b c d e http://buffalostreets.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/central-park/ Buffalo's Central Park: A Street, a Plaza and a Neighborhood November 20, 2012 by Angela Keppel
  2. ^ a b Lewis J. Bennett History of Buffalo reprint from Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, ed. by William Richard Cutter, 1912, Vol. II

Additional sources

  • James Arnone Central Park, Buffalo, New York: A Neighborhood of History and Tradition. 2010.
  • William Richard Cutter Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. 11, 1912
  • The Village of Depew is Unique to the Area in that it Straddles Two Townships Depew Bee, July 14, 1994.
  • Carol Wagner Bassett House: A History The Junior League of Buffalo, 1985.

External links

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