468 Delaware Avenue

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Photo credit: WNY Heritage Press, Buffalo Rising, Mark Paradowski

Location

468 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202
SBL: 111.22-2-5
Fillmore Council District
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Next to: Mark Twain's House
Across from: Midway Row Houses

Owner

DELVIR, LLC per City of Buffalo Property Information
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Physical Description

3 story wood framed home with mansard roof

Current Condition

Demolished. Recently replaced with a mixed use commercial building after decades of being a surface parking lot.

History

  • 1860s - House built by James F. Lyon. He and his brother Henry resided there for several years. They became wealthy in land surveying and sales in the young city. Henry helped lay out Delaware Park in the early 1870s.
  • Late 1870s - Charles Worthington Evans purchased the home; his great-grandfather was Joseph Ellicott. Charles W. Evans worked as a lawyer and head of the grain elevator business his father had started on the Buffalo waterfront.
  • 1921 - Virginia Evans and husband Walter E. Devereux lived at the house until 1921 when they moved to the Lenox, and turned the home into offices and a rooming house.
  • 1938 - Virginia died at 75, and her will established a charitable trust with assets of over two million dollars that awards small grants to organizations promoting health, social projects aiding poor people, women and children, and educational programs.
History courtesy WNY Heritage Press

Recent Events and Actions Taken

  • March 2012 - Demolition of Cloister add-ons to the original carriage house, and announcement of a $3 million mixed-use project with plans for a 20,000 sq.ft. office building and 3 three-story townhouses.
  • July 2012 - Plans revised with a new design incorporating office space in the three levels fronting Delaware and nine apartments along Virgina Street. The exterior will be clad in red brick and adobe-colored terra cotta.
  • 2013 - Mixed use commercial building known as 'Twain Tower' completed

Other Pertinent Facts

  • Part of the Allentown Historic District

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Added 2014-03-14 • Last changed 2016-04-18

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