Vaux Barn
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April 2025, photo by Tony James
April 2025, photo by Tony James
June 2022, Tony James photo
December 2020 (Tony James)
Vaux Barn
Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Location
1119 Genesee Street, Buffalo NY 14211
- Google Bird's Eye View
- Fillmore Council District
- SBL: 100.76-5-10.1
- Erie County Property Info
- County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
- City of Buffalo Parcel Viewer
- Across Genesee Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
Owner
- RAP 1119-1121 LLC since May 2020.
Physical Description
- Wood frame barn.
Current Condition
- Boarded and vacant.
History
- Designed by Calvert Vaux and built (1876-1877) when the park system was created by Olmsted and Vaux.
- The last remaining building in the park system designed by Calvert Vaux; the only Calvert Vaux building in Buffalo.
- Moved from the park to private land in 1897.
Recent Events and Actions Taken
- April 2025 - The Vaux Barn was declared a local landmark.
- 2025 (?) - The current owner put a new roof on the building.
- The Olmsted Parks Conservancy would like to acquire and move the barn back to the park where it was originally sited (Martin Luther King Jr.), where it will be a working building, part of the greenhouse complex.
- Cost to purchase, move, renovate and restore other portions of the barn is as much as $500,000.
- Money is very tight for the Conservancy at this time, so support and leadership from an independent group is the likeliest short-term approach.
Other Pertinent Facts
Links
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- "Save the Vaux Barn" video from Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- David Torke article, 2007
- Buffalo Rising article on Painting for Preservation at Vaux Barn, 2011
- Buffalo News, March 2015 - Some would like to see Calvert Vaux building returned to MLK Park
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Added 2013-04-09 • Last changed 2025-04-17