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Bernstone's Cigar Store / Third National Bank
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Photo credit: Buffalo News, Publications of Buffalo Historical, and Mark Paradowski
Location
273 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Google Bird's Eye View
Fillmore Council District
SBL: 111.70-1-2
Erie County Property Info
County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
City of Buffalo Parcel Viewer
Next to: 269 Main Street
Across from: Federal Reserve Bank , Fidelity Trust Building, and Ellicott Square Building
Owner
FORTY-FIFTH STREET HOLDINGS (NY) INC per propertyviewer
NYS Corporation and Business Entity Database.
Physical Description
- Multi-story commercial building with cast-iron façade on a corner parcel of Main Street.
- In 1962, the upper floors were removed, leaving a one story 3,200 sq.ft. building.
- Decapitated in 1962.
Current Condition
Demolished September 2012. Surface parking lot.
History
- Built in the 1850s
- Designed by Calvin Otis
- Once used as the downtown home to Third National Bank, which formed in 1864 and moved up Main Street to this location around 1867
- Purchased by M&T Bank in 1962. M&T removed the upper floors of the building that year.
Recent Events and Actions Taken
- 2012 - The Preservation Board was not notified of the pending demolition.
- Demolished September 2012.
Other Pertinent Facts
- Joseph Ellicott Historical District
Availability
2013 - Per Buffalo Urban Development Corp (BUDC) and Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE), the property is available for sale through Tim Malchow/Ed McGinn, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp, 716-631-8000
Links
- Archive.org - Buffalo Evening News: A History Of The City Of Buffalo
- Buffalo Rising - Wrecking Buffalo - Bernstone's Cigar Store at @73 Main Street
- The Buffalo News - Demolition Of Downtown Bernstone Building Upsets Preservationists
- BuffaloAH - Joseph Ellicott Historical District
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Added 2013-01-08 • Last changed 2018-02-21