Late Notice: Two Tours Saturday Morning...
Do You Want to Research Your Own Personal Landmark? Have you ever wanted to learn more about your Buffalo house but didn't know where to begin? Then you will want to attend this tour, Betty Barcode Tells All: Researching Your Own Personal Landmark. Betty Barcode, a.k.a. Cynthia Van Ness MLS, will take you deep behind the walls of the Buffalo and Erie County Central Library. There you'll learn the secrets of city directories, the census, Sanborn maps, Common Council proceedings, and other arcane mysteries used by professional landmark researchers.
Cynthia runs BuffaloResearch.com, is the author of Victorian Buffalo, and is a local history librarian.
The tour is limited to 10 people and reservations are required.
The tour takes place this Saturday, September 16, 10 AM n 12 PM. Meet at the Washington "sidewalk ramp" to the Central Branch of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. There is a $10 donation for this tour.
Buffalo Tours is operated by the Preservation Coalition and the Landmark Society. For more information, call 852-3300 or visit www.buffalotours.org.
Tour the H.H. Richardson Complex
Henry Hobson Richardson's approach to architectural design in the second half of the 19th century was so distinctive and influential that it gave rise to a whole style of architecture, which came to be known as "Richardsonian Romanesque." Design elements found in his stone churches, train stations and civic buildings were emulated in thousands of buildings nationwide.
This tour takes you around the perimeter of one of his greatest designs, the Buffalo State Hospital (interior tours have been closed to groups since 2003). The largest building Richardson ever designed (over 2000 feet long), it points the way to a style which would soon dominate the profession and America.
The complex is complemented with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted.
The tour takes place this Saturday, September 16, 9:30 n 11:30 AM. Meet in front of the Administration Building, 400 Forest Avenue. There is a $10 donation for this tour.
Buffalo Tours is operated by the Preservation Coalition and the Landmark Society. For more information, call 852-3300 or visit www.buffalotours.org.
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david
I'm a graduate of Cynthia's classroom.
There are few people who know the material and how to access it as effectively as Cynthia. Go check it out...the collection on things Buffalo is amazing. They are adding rows of new shelving for this expanding collection.
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Cynthia Van Ness
Thanks for the vote of confidence, David. This tour repeats on October 28 and November 18, 10:00 AM both mornings. We meet on the patio in front of the Central Library or if the weather is inclement, inside the vestibule.
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DrKay
Making all of the material available on the internet seems like a very obvious thing to me .
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Carolyn
Will you be repeating this tour?
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