Ellicott Square Building

Architect
Daniel Burnham
Year
1896
Style
Renaissance Revival
City
Buffalo, NY
Ellicott Square Building
Photo: TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD), CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Ellicott Square Building, completed in 1896 in downtown Buffalo, was designed by Daniel Burnham, a historically important architect. It is a large-scale commercial building notable as an early large-footprint office building, filling its downtown block.

the building

Block-filling footprint. Completed in 1896, the Ellicott Square Building was notable as an early large-footprint office building, its facade filling the entire downtown block.

the style

Renaissance Revival (c. 1840–1915): The Italian palazzo reborn as banks, clubs, and brownstones: rough stone bases, orderly window rows, and a heavy top cornice.

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