For Sale: 506 Delaware Avenue
One of Delaware Avenueis beauties is for sale. The former Knights of Columbus Building at 506 Delaware Avenue has hit the market and is already drawing interest. Hunt Commercial has the listing with an asking price of $1.3 million.
The Second Empire style mansion was built in 1870 by industrialist Chillion M. Farrar and purchased in 1916 by the Knights of Columbus. Half of the Delaware Avenue faAade is an addition to the original mansion built by the Knights. An auditorium, swimming pool and a gym were added in the early 1960is. Joseph Deck purchased the building in the mid-1980is and remodeled it into offices. The Private Industry Council of Buffalo and Erie County occupied the building for several years.
Current owner Jim Jerdeis 506 Delaware Avenue Associates LLC has owned the building since March 2003. Jerde rehabbed the original mansion including faAade work that exposed the previously painted brickwork. The mansion still contains original woodwork in several rooms and a three-story staircase atrium. The 47,000 sq. ft. of office space in the rear addition is gutted and the basement gym facilities are occupied by the Downtown Athletic Club. Located on Delaware near Allen with parking for 35 cars, the building makes for an ideal office location or mixed-use redevelopment.
Get Connected: Clarke Thrasher at 716.880.1922
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Martin
Make a great combo condo/boutique hotel me thinks...
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Eliz.
I think the architect is worth mentioning. It is Richard Waite (1848-1911), who also built the Siegel et al offices at 420 Franklin, the Becker House at 534 Delaware, and numerous other notable Allentown structures. In Toronto, he built the Ontario Parliament Building.
Several of his most well-known Buffalo buildings have been torn down: the German Insurance Building on Lafayette Square and Pierce's Palace Hotel on Prospect.
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L
The thing that constantly occurs to me when I look at this building is why doesnt it go on for an entire block!
When we think of infill development, then imagine for a minute a block long series of townhomes with this empire facade. Now thats what will make people move back into the city!
Its the plain brick factory facades, its the empires facades and the Beaxs Arts facades, and all the others that need to be brought back when we think of infill development.
We have huge swaths of the land in Buffalo that has been demolished and we shouldnt limit ourselves to just vinyl contemporary and concrete/metal modern.
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Justin
everyone on this site is a fan buffalo and talks of developing properties in buffalo. why dont a few people with some resources consider getting together to actually create something. i am in.
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queenseyes
Justin, contact me if you are in. We're putting together a group of people who actually want to invest in the city. queenseyes@buffalorising.com
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mm'Kay?
I notice that half of the facade is an addition to the (then) 46 yr old original, and matches the old facade, yet isn't called "fake". Why is it that if somebody designs anything reminiscent of a legitimate style, it's usually branded 'fake!", today? I actually know the answer to this, but just wanted to mention.
If done today, it would probably look like the usual cheesy airport style, same as the new entrance on the Fed Reserve. Seeing that makes me reach for my ticket....
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Martin
Justin nice thoughts buddy but you speak out of turn. How do you know who is and is not investing in the city? Since moving back from Atlanta I have invested into Buffalo quite a bit. Queenseye's can attest to that fact. I am pretty sure other BRO readers also have as well, such as the ones that talk of home restoration, opening new stores and restaurants, or building property in the different neighborhoods. In fact I even consider those such as "gorilla" gardners as investers for the time and sweat equity they put into beautifcation of the city
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Robert Franke
All this talk about investing in Buffalo is making me giddy. The Grant-Ferry Association is looking for pioneers who want to strike gold by getting into Grant-Ferry early. The area is on its way to rediscovering its past as a vibrant neighborhood commercial district, but the more far-sighted pioneers we get now, the sooner we'll create an asset for the whole region to enjoy. Contact business recruitment at The Grant-Ferry Association.
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Jason
I have always tried to figure out where the main entrance was on the original mansion... just to the right of the bay window tower, right?
I'm going to take a stab at answering mm'Kay's question... It's because they used more or less identical materials and style. No "brick veneer" or vinyl siding. We could do the same today, but we're too cheap. Or, put another way, labor is a lot more expensive now then it was 100 years ago, so we go with phoney materials and streamlined construction techniques that often end up looking like crap. Still, I'm not sure I want to go back to the day when there were 1000s of unskilled and semi-skilled [insert ethnicity here] immigrants willing to cut stone and lay brick for a pittance.
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