School No. 24, Fillmore Avenue School

Title

School No. 24, Fillmore Avenue School

Description

The first building pictured was the 1888 "Old Buildilng" designed by the architectural firm of Cyrus K. Porter & Son. It was located at 1082 Fillmore Avenue near Genesee. The school closed in 1955, and was replaced by senior housing.

The "New Building" in the second photograph was built in 1901 across the street, at 775 Best Street.  It was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect Charles D. Swan.  School No. 59 relocated to this building in 1976.  As of 2018, the building is in use as the annex to PS 80 Highgate Heights.

Date

1908-03

Source

Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908

Publisher

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)

Rights

Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.

Relation

Digital Collections of the B&ECPL

Type

Still Image

Format

image/tiff

Language

Citation

Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works, “School No. 24, Fillmore Avenue School,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/1771.