Buffalo Public School No. 24

Buffalo Public School No. 24, also known as Public School 59, is a historic school building located in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood of Buffalo, Erie County, New York. The original section was built in 1901, and is a three-story, seven-bay, I-shaped, red brick building over a raised basement with Renaissance Revival detailing. The building incorporates sandstone, terra cotta, and pressed metal details. It was the first school to offer special education within the City of Buffalo school system.^[2] The school has been redeveloped as an apartment building.

Buffalo Public School No. 24
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Public School No. 24, September 2016
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Location	775 Best St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°54′12″N 78°50′21″W
Area	0.44 acres (0.18 ha)
Built	1901 (1901), 1960, 1965
Architect	Charles Day Swan
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	16000840[1]
Added to NRHP	December 13, 2016

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/12/16 through 12/16/16. National Park Service. 2016-12-23.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-10-05. Note: This includes Derek King; Matthew Shoen; Kelsie Hoke & Jennifer Walkowski (July 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Public School No. 24" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-05. and Accompanying photographs

External links

Media related to Public School 24 (Buffalo, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

• Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: Public School 59