Berkeley Apartments (Buffalo, New York)

Berkeley Apartments, also known as the Graystone Hotel (after 1912), is a historic apartment hotel building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York.

Berkeley Apartments
Berkeley Apartments, Buffalo, NY, June 2009
Location24 Johnson Park, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°53′31″N 78°52′35″W
Built1894
ArchitectStrong, Carlton T.; Ransome, Ernest L.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.87001852[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1987

History

Berkeley Apartments was constructed between 1894 and 1897, and is one of the earliest examples of a large multistory building built of reinforced concrete. it was designed by local architect Carlton T. Strong and engineer Ernest L. Ransome. The building is in the Italian Renaissance style.[2]

The six-story building hosted visitors to the Pan-American Exposition in the early 1900s. The building became vacant in the early 1990s after decades of decline. In 2002, Ellicott Development Co. purchased the hotel with plans to redevelop the property into a luxury apartment building. Those plans were halted in late 2003 after a large section of roof collapsed during interior demolition work. The building again sat idle until 2013 when work resumed. The building now houses 42 market-rate apartments.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Robert T. Englert (August 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Berkeley Apartments" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying eight photographs
  3. "The Graystone Hotel". Ellicott Development. 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.


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