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Originally Posted by Wigs
Buffalo has some oddities, off the top of my head:
St. Catherines Court (recent sales according to Zillow were $850k and $1.18M)
https://goo.gl/maps/gSqzcsr4Lv5QsrDQA
Penhurst Park (sales between $650k-$950k with some est value over $1M)
https://goo.gl/maps/MoBxJT4ZgkWpE6gL8
Mayfair Lane c.1928 which was quite modern for the time: a surface level parking garage with an English courtyard and townhouses above that ends in the largest drawbridge townhouse, designed by celebrated local architect EB Green & Son. I think the son lived in the drawbridge unit.
Sales typically range from $300k for the smallest unit (~1600 sq ft) to ~$525k, with the drawbridge unit the largest and having a Zestimate of over $800k.
https://goo.gl/maps/AJjnHUPzEqgtEvke8
Zillow showing recently sold units https://shorturl.at/fmCJM
I'm sure benp can think of others since he's the forumer with more in-depth Buffalo knowledge than myself.
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OK, how about this: The
Allentown neighborhood, which includes the section of Delaware Avenue between downtown and Millionaire's Row, was the earliest center of Buffalo's wealthy families until they moved further north up to the Delaware District by the end of the 19th century. It still contains many of the old mansions, but the adjacent estates have since been subdivided, and the neighborhood now is a mix of incomes and better known as Buffalo's "bohemian" neighborhood.
A few examples in Allentown include:
The Wilcox Mansion dates to 1837, and is now a National Historical Site as the location where Teddy Roosevelt was inaugurated after the assassination of President McKinley in Buffalo during the Pan American Exposition of 1901.
Wilcox Mansion by
self, on Flickr
The Buffalo Club, built in 1870 as the home of Stephen Van Rensselaer Watson, founder of what is now M&T Bank, and home of the Buffalo Club since 1887. The club was founded in 1867 with Millard Fillmore as its first president, and members included Grover Cleveland. It is still an active club for Buffalo's wealthy.
The Coatsworth House, built in 1879, is one of the few remaining mansions on Cottage Street, once known as "the street of coal kings." Today it has been divided into apartments.
The Knox House, built in 1894 by one of the founders of Woolworths, who later moved to Millionaire's Row. The last house owned by his widow on Millionaire's Row in 1915 was an astounding 48,000 square feet in size.