Sacred Heart Convent
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| AT RISK | HIGH RISK | DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT |
1915
December 2007
March 2, 2016
June 20, 2017
Photo credit: Buffalore, David Torke fixBuffalo, Mark Paradowski
Location
75 Watson Street, Buffalo NY 14206
Part of the larger 198 Emslie Street parcel
SBL: 111.66-9-1
Ellicott Council District
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Next to: Sacred Heart Rectory
Adjacent to: Sacred Heart Church, Sacred Heart School
Owner
PROTAIS NZO KEN as of June 2017
- Previously:
- 2017: Listed owner BADIUZZAMAN MD as of January '17
- 2016: Listed owner as TAMIM TASIN TECHNICAL WORKS AMERICA LLC
- 2015: Purchased by Sheryl Bates at the 2015 Inrem tax auction for $1,000
- 1988: Purchased by Rev. Ronald P. Kirk's Witness Cathedral of Faith C.O.G.I.C.
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Physical Description
Beautiful 2.5 story brick building with a single dormer on each side of the roof
Current Condition
Abandoned, hole in the roof
History
Sacred Heart convent
Recent Events and Actions Taken
- 2009 - Adjacent school demolished
- 2017 - Adjacent convent demolished
Other Pertinent Facts
- The owner of the complex stuck City tax payers with a $163,000 demo bill of the adjacent school in 2009, and likely the bill for the adjacent rectory in 2017 as well
Links
- fixBuffalo, February 2012 - Sacred Heart Church: Slated for the Landfill
- Buffalo News December, 2009 - Is abandoning a church an act of bad faith? Congregants moving from derelict complex leave a trail of unpaid bills, taxes behind
- fixBuffalo - Church History (34MB pdf)
- fixBuffalo - Church image archive (David Torke)
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Added 2017-06-21 • Last changed 2017-12-18