Built sometime around 1845 on what was then the outskirts of the City of Buffalo, 396 Pearl Street, a residential rowhouse, is an excellent example of the kind of structures built in Buffalo 150 years ago. See if you can find this building’s most unusual feature: stone street markers identifying Pearl and Chippewa Streets, set on the corner next to the second floor windows. Note the parapet walls which rise above the roofline. This was built as a precaution to prevent fires from spreading from roof to roof. As downtown eventually became a business district, this building was converted from residential to commercial use.

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Credits
Scripts: Denise Prince and Jane Kwiatkowski
Voice: Christopher Jamele of Jamele Freelance Services
Audio production: John Davis of Eclectic Electric

This project was made possible in part with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Tour content courtesy of Buffalo Tours.

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