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Castle Inn: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 5:43am.
Circa 1908. "Castle Inn at Buffalo, New York." The former residence of Millard Fillmore. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Statler and Fillmore
Submitted by lagarretson on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:40am.
I grew up in Buffalo and loved the architecture there. All of it, even the dismal funerals. Here's a link to a site that shows the Castle Inn in context. The first image on this page gives a good sense what it was like.
Millard Fillmore House
Submitted by Zcarstvnz on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 11:00pm.
The history of the land from the History of Buffalo website here.
Funeral
Submitted by Sugapea on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 9:37pm.
Having grown up near Buffalo, there were many of these similarly-dismal old-style buildings. We absolutely hated them, referring to them as 'Funeral'.
Bummer no longer here
Submitted by snuffy3 on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 9:13pm.
From Buffalo's historical site:
1831 - Original house on the site: Albert H. Tracey House
1853 - Second house: John Hollister House
1858 - House purchased by Millard Fillmore
1881 - Fillmore House converted into Hotel Fillmore
1901 - Hotel Fillmore converted into Castle Inn
1919 - Castle Inn razed in to make way for Hotel Statler (in 2002, the Statler Towers)
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