Buffalo: Monuments and Statues
Places and attractions in the Monuments and statues category
Categories
- Church
- Museum
- Park
- Neighbourhood
- Gothic Revival architecture
- Architecture
- History museum
- Lighthouse
- Nightlife
- Sport
- Sport venue
- Historical place
- Ship
- Sacred and religious sites
- Concerts and shows
- Art gallery
- Cemetery
- Monuments and statues
- Music venue
- Universities and schools
- Colonial revival architecture
- Italianate architecture
- Theater
- Skyscraper
- Music and shows
- Romanesque revival architecture
- Neoclassical architecture
McKinley Monument
The McKinley Monument is a 96-foot tall obelisk in Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York. Its location in front of Buffalo City Hall defines the center of Buffalo that all of the main roads converge on.
Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is a park in the center of downtown Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States that hosts a Civil War monument. The block, which was once square, is lined by many of the city's tallest buildings. The square was named for General Lafayette, who visited Buffalo in 1825.
Blue Sky Mausoleum
Blue Sky Mausoleum, in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, is the 2004 completion of a 1928 design by Frank Lloyd Wright as a commercial cemetery project. The design was completed by a one-time apprentice to Wright, Anthony Puttnam.
The First Pitch
The First Pitch is a 2012 bronze statue of James D. Griffin, by William Koch. It is located at Swan Street and Washington Street, outside Sahlen Field in Buffalo. Griffin, the former Mayor of Buffalo, was instrumental in getting Sahlen Field built and bringing the Buffalo Bisons franchise to the city while he was in office.