Milburn House
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Location
1168 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222
Parcel now part of the Canisius High School campus
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Delaware Council District
SBL: 100.31-5-2.1
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Next to: Irma Manor and Canisius High School / Rand Mansion
Across from: Sovereign Apartments
Owner
THE CANISUS HIGH SCHOOL OF BUFFALO NY per City of Buffalo Property Information
NYS Corporation and Business Entity Database
Physical Description
Current Condition
Demolished in 1957. Still a surface parking lot to this day.
History
The Milburn House was where President William McKinley died after being shot at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. The house became a popular tourist site, before it was converted into a hotel and later demolished in 1957.
- 1861 - Mansion built.
- 1888 - John G. Milburn, a leading Buffalo lawyer, bought the mansion.
- "Milburn was a main organizer of the Pan-American Expo and made extensive renovations to the house to prepare to host dignitaries visiting Buffalo for the 1901 exposition. President McKinley stayed at the home during his visit to the expo, and he was taken there after he was gravely wounded by an assassin’s bullet. The president lingered there for eight days before dying. After the president’s body was taken away, police kept the house under guard to thwart the souvenir hunters who were chipping off stone and brick from the house and pulling branches from the trees on the property. " The Buffalo News
- 1904 - Milburn moved out
- 1907 - House damaged in a fire
- 1919 - Converted to apartments
- 1948 - Purchased by the Jesuits who ran the neighboring Canisius High School
- 1957 - Demolished
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Added 2013-01-19 • Last changed 2017-05-03