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The West Village

This weekend (Oct 4-5, 2008) I discovered a section of our city about which I had known little. The West Village appears to have been the area in which the first mayor of Buffalo, E. Johnson, made his home and was one of the first residential neighborhoods in the city (after the British burned the village in 1813). Buffalo was incorporated in 1832 and Ebenezer Johnson, mayor, made his home in the "West Village". Most of the homes standing today are all brick and built around the 1860's and later. The earlier homes made of wood had been distroyed by fire and an ordinance demanding that all new homes be of brick constuction was enforced.

It is a very demographically eclectic neighborhood and an interesting Sunday afternoon stroll for those of you who enjoy history and renovated older houses.

For more information on the West Village go to http://www.buffaloah.com/a/landmks/wvillage/links.html
165 Chippewa - Hutchinson Technical High School - 1914  (Elmwood Side)
165 Chippewa - Hutchinson Technical High School - 1914 (Elmwood Side)
Johnson Park
Johnson Park
104 Johnson Park - 1865                 106 Johnson Park - 1861
104 Johnson Park - 1865 106 Johnson Park - 1861
102 Johnson Park - 1865
102 Johnson Park - 1865
9 8 Johnson Park - 1864
9 8 Johnson Park - 1864
95 Johnson Park - c.1884
95 Johnson Park - c.1884
Colorful Door on 95 Johnson Park
Colorful Door on 95 Johnson Park
85 Johnson Park - c.1860
85 Johnson Park - c.1860
81 Johnson Park - c.1830
81 Johnson Park - c.1830
77 Johnson Park - 1851
77 Johnson Park - 1851
69 Johnson Park - c.1870
69 Johnson Park - c.1870
76 Johnson Park - Algonquin Apartment - 1894
76 Johnson Park - Algonquin Apartment - 1894
269-273 Georgia Street - La Salle Apartment - 1896
269-273 Georgia Street - La Salle Apartment - 1896
34 Whitney Place - 1867
34 Whitney Place - 1867
Whitney Place
Whitney Place
35 Whitney Place - 1898
35 Whitney Place - 1898
Whitney Place
Whitney Place
272 Georgia Street - c.1880 (Whitney view)
272 Georgia Street - c.1880 (Whitney view)
Windows of  272 Georgia Street - c.1880 (Whitney view)
Windows of 272 Georgia Street - c.1880 (Whitney view)
24 Whitney Place - 1880
24 Whitney Place - 1880
24 Whitney Place - 1880
24 Whitney Place - 1880
103 Prospect Avenue - c.1890 & 97-99 Prospect Avenue - 1880
103 Prospect Avenue - c.1890 & 97-99 Prospect Avenue - 1880
91 Prospect Avenue - 1880 & 87 Prospect Avenue - 1880 &  83 Prospect Avenue - 1894
91 Prospect Avenue - 1880 & 87 Prospect Avenue - 1880 & 83 Prospect Avenue - 1894
Prospect Avenue Baptist Church - 1867-1881
Prospect Avenue Baptist Church - 1867-1881
Prospect Avenue Baptist Church - 1867-1881 (9th Street Baptist)
Prospect Avenue Baptist Church - 1867-1881 (9th Street Baptist)
41 Rabin Terrace
41 Rabin Terrace
170-174 Chippewa - Watkins Apartment - 1894
170-174 Chippewa - Watkins Apartment - 1894
39 RabinTerrace
39 RabinTerrace
15 Rabin Terrace
15 Rabin Terrace
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26 Rabin Terrace
26 Rabin Terrace