The Guild @980, 980 Northampton Street

The Guild @980, 980 Northampton Street
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Location

980 Northampton Street, Buffalo NY 14211

• Parcel designation is 974 Northampton. The property has long been referred to as 980 Northampton.
• Across Fougeron Street from the Milk-Bone Plant.
• Half a block west of The Belt Line.
• Lat, Long: 42.90761, -78.83051
• SBL Number: 101.54-1-2.1
• Erie County Property Info
• Google Map
• Bing Bird's Eye View
• Fillmore Council District

Owner

• 980 Northampton Street LLC / Bill Breeser

Physical Description

• Three story, 42,000 sf "daylight factory" building.
• Fireproof construction, with poured concrete floors, mushroom pillars and three fire stairs at the building's corners.
• Original windows are lost, replaced by glass block and metal panels.

Current Condition

• Occupied and in use.

History

• Built 1922 by The Schaaf Company, Builder.
• First used as Val Duttenhofer Shoe Company. Also used by Duffy Silk.
• Long-time use as the headquarters of Cathedral Envelope Corporation, a printing company that started out by printing collection envelopes for Catholic Churches.
• The building is currently known as "The Guild @980" and houses ReUse Action, a dealer in reclaimed building materials, as well as a subdivided third floor rented to small businesses, artists and craftpersons.
• Part of the City's 2013 "Preservation Ready" survey (24MB PDF), as part of the Fougeron Center along the Belt Line. Potentially eligible for historic preservation tax credits as a contributing structure to a possible Fougeron/Belt Line historic district.

Recent Events and Actions Taken

Other Pertinent Facts

Links

• The Guild @980
• ReUse Action
• The Cathedral Corporation

Newest Pages

Added 2016-01-06 • Last changed 2018-02-06