Hamlin Park Historic District, Buffalo

Name: Hamlin Park Historic District
Address: Buffalo, United States

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Hamlin Park Historic District is a national historic district and neighborhood located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The district encompasses 1,368 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Buffalo. The district includes a variety of residential buildings built primarily between about 1895 and 1930, and later improved through Model Cities Program grants between 1966 and 1975. It includes a variety of pattern book houses in popular architectural styles of the late-19th and early-20th century, with some interspersed Bungalow / American Craftsman style dwellings. Located in the district are the separately listed Robert T. Coles House and Studio and Stone Farmhouse. Other notable buildings include the Lutheran Church Home, the former Second United Presbyterian Church, and the former St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic Church. ()

Area: 224.28 acres (0.3504 mi²)Coordinates: 42°55'13"N, 78°50'53"W

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Masten (Hamlin Park)Buffalo United States

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Hamlin Park Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Darwin D. Martin House, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church Buildings, Buffalo Museum of Science.

1.1 miN
Museum, History museum, Architecture
Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo
28 min walk • The Darwin D. Martin House is a testament to architectural brilliance nestled in the city of Buffalo, New York. This museum is not just a house, but a masterpiece created by the renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
1 miNW
Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
26 min walk • Forest Lawn Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Buffalo, New York, founded in 1849 by Charles E. Clarke. It covers over 269 acres and over 152,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore, First Lady Abigail Fillmore, singer Rick James, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, and inventor Lawrence Dale Bell.
1.1 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church Buildings, Buffalo
28 min walk • Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church Buildings is a historic Romanesque revival Roman Catholic church complex located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is part of the Diocese of Buffalo.
1 miS
Museum, Science museum, Natural history museum
Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo
26 min walk • The Buffalo Museum of Science is a science museum located at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Buffalo, New York, United States, northeast of the downtown district, near the Kensington Expressway.
1.2 miSW
Church
Blessed Sacrament Church, Buffalo
31 min walk • Blessed Sacrament Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Buffalo, New York, United States. Constructed in the late 19th Century, it remains the home of an active congregation and has been recognized as a historically significant building in the Linwood Historic District of Buffalo.
1.5 miSW
History museum, Museum, Synagogue
Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo
39 min walk • Temple Beth Zion is a Reform synagogue located at 805 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1850, Temple Beth Zion is the largest Jewish congregation in Western New York and one of the oldest and largest Reform congregations in the nation.
0.8 miW
Cemetery, Monuments and statues
Blue Sky Mausoleum, Buffalo
20 min walk • 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.
1 miW
42°55'21"N • 78°52'2"W
Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo NY, Buffalo
25 min walk • Cemetery
1.1 miS
Park
Martin Luther King, Buffalo
29 min walk • There is also a Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Oberlin, Ohio. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, originally The Parade and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located in Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The park is located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue.
1.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Buffalo
36 min walk • Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, formerly known as North Presbyterian Church, is a historic Greek Orthodox church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a Gothic Revival-style church designed by Boston architect George F. Newton and constructed in 1906, as home to North Presbyterian Church.
0.4 miNW
Universities and schools
Canisius College, Buffalo
11 min walk • Canisius College is a private Jesuit college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 master's and certificate programs.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Hamlin Park Historic District?

Nearby attractions include St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo (5 min walk), Stone Farmhouse, Buffalo (7 min walk), Robert T. Coles House and Studio, Buffalo (9 min walk), Canisius College, Buffalo (11 min walk).

How to get to Hamlin Park Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Hamlin Park Historic District:

Light rail

Delavan/Canisius College • Lines: Metro (13 min walk)
Humboldt–Hospital • Lines: Metro (14 min walk)