Buffalo Savings Bank

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Photo credit: Joe Sparacio via The Times, Publications of Buffalo Historical, Wikipedia

Location

545 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Now part of an entire city block parcel known as 575 Main
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Ellicott Council District
SBL: 111.46-3-1.111
Erie County Property Info
County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
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Next to: 559 Main Street and 540 Washington Street
Across from: W.T. Grant's Department Store, DE Morgan Building, 11 Genesee Street, 9 Genesee Street, 5-7 Genesee Street, 537 Main Street, and Electric Tower

Owner

MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TRUST COMPANY per City of Buffalo Property Information
Search NYS Corporation Database for M&T BANK

Physical Description

Beaux Arts Classicism bank building, on a corner parcel

Current Condition

The building is intact and serves as an M&T Bank branch

History

  • 1846 - Buffalo Savings Bank (later Goldome) was chartered
  • Parcel is the site of the former Moses Baker Building
  • 1899 - Bank construction began at this location at a cost of $300,000. Designed by Green & Wicks.
  • May 1901 - The Buffalo Savings Bank building opens
  • 1982 - An addition to the north side, now called M & T Center, was added.
  • 1991 - The Buffalo Savings Bank company became insolvent and was dissolved.

Recent Events and Actions Taken

Other Pertinent Facts

  • Buffalo Local Landmark
  • The gold-leafed dome measures 23 feet tall and 56 feet in diameter. It is covered with 13,500 terra-cotta tiles. The tiles originally were overlaid with copper. The tiles have been gilded three times. The 1979 restoration required 140,000 paper-thin sheets of 23.75-carat gold leaf at a cost $500,000 (more than the initial cost of the building).' Wikipedia
  • 2010 - The bank was used in the filming of Henry's Crime, a movie with Keanu Reeves in which the bank is robbed.

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Added 2013-09-04 • Last changed 2018-05-03

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