- City:
- Buffalo, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The WPA was responsible for the demolition of Elmwood Music Hall in Buffalo, NY in September 1938. The building, which previously served as an armory, was located at the northeast corner of Elmwood Avenue and Virginia Street.
“The building was declared unsafe and condemned in February, 1938. Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans had already left a bequest in 1934 expressly for the construction of a new music hall. Music performances were held at the Buffalo Consistory (Cansisius High School) for the next two years while the Kleinhans Music Hall was being constructed on Pennsylvania Street.”
Source notes
List of Notable WPA Projects in the Buffalo Area, The Buffalo History Museum. https://www.buffalohistory.org/docs/79de55bd-e793-424d-91e3-5ece56e8aad2.pdf (page 2) https://www.wnyheritagepress.org/photosofweek/elmwood_music_hall.htmSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 29, 2014.
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