It’s okay to admit that the first thing you associate with Buffalo are its namesake chicken wings. Fairly or not, Buffalo wings have become synonymous with this Rust Belt city in western New York state.
Yet, Buffalo has more to offer visitors on a citycation than its contribution to bar food fayre.
I was pleasantly surprised during my visit a couple of weeks ago, not least because there is a tremendous amount of history and architecture to discover, including several examples of Richardsonian Romanesque.
The style, inspired by the work of Henry Hobson Richardson, was fashionable in the late 19th century. Surviving examples are often churches (almost always Protestant), train depots and city halls.
Considered one of the finest all-time American architects, Richardson’s adaptions of the broader Romanesque Revival style featured, among other things, bold arches at central doorways.
His work is best seen at Hotel Henry Urban Resort Conference Center, a Richardson masterpiece that was originally a mental asylum and is today located within the State University of New York at Buffalo campus. The hotel, open since 2017, is a good example of historic preservation, though many outer buildings are still empty and await redevelopment.
Throughout Buffalo are other notable examples of Romanesque Revival buildings that compliment Richardson’s work. Among them are First Presbyterian Church — the soaring tower is truly…
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