Ellicott Square Building (Buffalo)

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The Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo is a historic late-19th-century office building renowned for its grand Beaux-Arts design and once being one of the largest commercial buildings in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Beaux-Arts architecture
commercial building
historic building
office building
architect Charles Atwood
architecturalFirm D. H. Burnham & Company
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Italian Renaissance Revival
cityCenterLocation downtown Buffalo
completionDate 1896
constructionStartDate 1895
country United States of America
culturalSignificance landmark of Buffalo’s commercial and architectural history
developer Ellicott Square Company
floorArea approximately 44700 square meters
approximately 481000 square feet
floorCountIncludingBasement 11
hasBasement true
hasCourtyard central interior courtyard covered by a glass roof
hasFeature elaborate terra cotta ornamentation on the façade
iron and glass skylight over the central court
ornate marble mosaic floor in the interior courtyard
hasPublicAccess public access to interior lobby and courtyard during business hours
hasRenovation interior and exterior restoration in the 1980s and 1990s
underwent multiple restorations in the late 20th century
hasUse office space
restaurant space
retail space
height approximately 38 meters
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a historic district
historicDesignation contributing property to the Joseph Ellicott Historic District
inception 1895
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Erie County, New York NERFINISHED
location Buffalo, New York
namedAfter Joseph Ellicott
nearby Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo Main Light Rail line on Main Street
Niagara Square
NRHPType contributing property
numberOfFloorsAboveGround 10
occupies entire block between Main Street and Washington Street in downtown Buffalo
openingDate 1896
owner private ownership
partOf Joseph Ellicott Historic District
streetAddress 295 Main Street
touristAttraction yes
wasLargestOfItsType one of the largest office buildings in the world at the time of its completion

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Daniel Burnham
architectOf

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