Genesee (House, Hotel v.1) Building / Hyatt
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Link to Karl Josker Photo
Original Entrance, in lobby of hotel
Photo credit: WNY Heritage Press via Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo and Library of Congress, Karl Josker
Location
532 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
Also known as 530 Main Street
Google Bird's Eye View
Ellicott Council District
SBL: 111.46-1-1.11
Erie County Property Info
County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
City of Buffalo Parcel Viewer
Next to: Victor Furniture Building and DE Morgan Building
Across from: Bank of Buffalo, 537 Main Street, and LL Berger
1980s addition is blocking Genesee Street
Owner
Physical Description
Sixteen story, Renaissance-Revival building on a corner parcel. Steel frame, concrete slab floors, double-hung steel windows, two floors of cast iron facade, brick and terra cotta on the upper floors, and copper roof.
Current Condition
Intact and in use as a hotel. Its impressive cast iron Genesee Street facade is blocked by an unfortunate 1983 addition
History
- 1842 - Wood-framed Genesee House was replaced by a brick structure of the same name.
- 1881 - The second Genesee House was replaced by the first Genesee Hotel
- 1923 - The Genesee Building was built as an office building by architect E.B. Green
- "Genesee Hotel" name later used at 308 Pearl Street
- 1983 - Developer Paul Snyder saved and renovated the building into his Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel. One hotel addition blocks Genesee Street, and the other destroyed the DE Morgan Building.
Recent Events and Actions Taken
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Added 2013-09-09 • Last changed 2018-01-02