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Art Institute of Buffalo

1931 establishments in New York (state)1956 disestablishments in New York (state)Art schools in New York (state)Culture of Buffalo, New YorkDefunct private universities and colleges in New York (state)
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Art Institute of Buffalo painting class, 1940
Art Institute of Buffalo painting class, 1940

The Art Institute of Buffalo was an art school in Buffalo, New York. It opened its doors in 1931, and continued to produce graduates until the Institute closed in 1956. The faculty included a number of well-known artists. Many students of the Institute went on the successful careers as professional artists, most settling in western New York.

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Art Institute of Buffalo
Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo

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N 42.9115 ° E -78.8768 °
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Elmwood Avenue 529
14222 Buffalo
New York, United States
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Art Institute of Buffalo painting class, 1940
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Elmwood Historic District–East

Elmwood Historic District–East is a national historic district located at Buffalo, Erie County, New York. The district encompasses 2,405 contributing buildings, 31 contributing structures, and 14 contributing objects in the Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo. It is bounded on the north by Delaware Park, Forest Lawn Cemetery, and the former Buffalo State Asylum, on the south by the Allentown Historic District, and on the west by the Elmwood Historic District–West. This predominantly residential district developed between about 1867 and 1965, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and American Craftsman style architecture. The district contains one of the most intact collections of built resources from turn of the 20th century in the city of Buffalo and western New York State. Located in the district are 17 previously listed contributing resources including the Buffalo Seminary, Garret Club, James and Fanny How House, Edgar W. Howell House, Edwin M. and Emily S. Johnston House, Col. William Kelly House, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Parke Apartments, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. Other notable building include the Frank Lloyd Wright designed William R. Heath House (1904-1905), Herbert H. Hewitt House (c. 1898), School 56 (1910-1911), the Harlow House (c. 1892), A. Conger Goodyear house (c. 1908), Alexander Main Curtiss House (now the Ronald McDonald House, 1895), Nardin Academy campus (c. 1914), and Coatsworth House (1897).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.