County and City Hall

	County and City Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Interactive map showing the County and City Hall, Buffalo
Location	100 Franklin St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°53′3″N 78°52′42″W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1871–1875
Architect	A. J. Warner & Company
NRHP reference No.	76001216
Added to NRHP	May 24, 1976

County and City Hall, also known as Erie County Hall, is a historic city hall and courthouse building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a monumental granite structure designed by Rochester architect Andrew Jackson Warner and constructed between 1871 and 1875, with its cornerstone being laid on June 24, 1872. The building has four floors and features a 270-foot high clock tower.

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The County and City Hall building originally held offices for the City of Buffalo and Erie County. City offices moved to the Buffalo City Hall as it was being constructed starting in 1929, and the building now houses Erie County court offices and records.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, maintained by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1976.^[1] It is located within the Joseph Ellicott Historic District.

Aerial view, July 1971
Tower detail, July 2005
July 2012

List of tallest buildings in Buffalo, New York

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"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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"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 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Raymond W. Smith (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: County and City Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying five photographs

County and City Hall - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-6034, "Erie County Hall, Buffalo, Erie County, NY", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
"County and City Hall". SkyscraperPage.

Preceded by Buffalo Psychiatric Center – Administration Building	Tallest building in Buffalo 1876–1912 82m	Succeeded by Electric Tower Building

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"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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"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 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Raymond W. Smith (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: County and City Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying five photographs

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