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Collection ID
VHB004
Collection Title
The
[George
Nathan]
Newman
Collection
of
Photographs
of
Vanished
and
Vanishing
Buffalo
Item ID
013f
Title
Main
St.
,
West
Side
,
between
Eagle
and
Court
Sts
,
about
1838
Date of Original
1810-19[30?]
Institution
Buffalo
and
Erie
County
Public
Library
Description
The
first
"
American
Hotel
"
(colored
lithograph
,
7.5
x
5.25
ins.)
is
one
of
five
views
[see
13
b
,
c
,
d
,
e
,
f]
printed
about
1838
, on
one
folio
sheet
, the
artist
and the
lithographer
not
being
named
. This "
most
famous
hotel
west
of
New
York
" in its
day
, was
built
in
1835-36
by
Benjamin
Rathbun
, for
Col
.
Alanson
Palmer
, and was
opened
in
September
1836
,
under
the
management
of
Lewis
L
.
Hoges
.
It
was a
cut
gray
stone
building
,
five
stories
high
, with a
columnar
cupola
.
It
included
a
ball
and
concert
hall
,
which
was the
center
of the
social
activities
of the
elite
of the
city
. The
building
was
destroyed
by
fire
March
10
,
1850
.
It
was
replaced
by the
second
American
Hotel
building
,
which
in
turn
succumbed
to the
flames
Jan
.
25
,
1865
. At the
right
of the
view
is
the
Eagle
Tavern
, or
Rathbun's
Hotel
.
It
was
built
in
1825
by
Benjamin
Rathbun
and
conducted
by him
until
1833
,
when
Isaac
R
.
Harrington
succeeded
him.
Gabriel
Kimball
and
Benj
.
F
.
Haddock
were the
proprietors
in
1838
. The
main
structure
was of
brick
,
three
stories
high
, with a
two
story
annex
extending
north
to
Court
St
.
(about
100
ft.)
. Here
Lafayette
was
entertained
,
June
4
,
1825
and a
public
dinner
,
presided
over
by
Genl
.
Peter
B
.
Porter
, was
given
in his
honor
. The
tavern
was
blown
up
by
gunpowder
at the
time
of the
burning
of the
second
American
Hotel
(Jan
.
25
,
1865)
to
prevent
the
spread
of the
flames
.
Thus
perished
a
famous
hostelry
. The
gilded
eagle
that
graced
the
tavern's
entrance
is
in the
collection
of the
Buffalo
Historical
Society,-
the
sole
memento
of
departed
glory
. The
old
numbering
in the
Eagle-Court
block
was
290
to
334
. At the
extreme
left
of the
view
,
appears
one
of the "
kremlin
Buildings
" a
block
of
stores
extending
from
Eagle
to
Niagara
St
.
(old
numbering
266
to
288
Main
St.)
,
built
by
Rathbun
in
1832
after
fire
had
destroyed
the
earlier
buildings
Dec
.
13
,
1831
, for
Judge
William
Peacock
of
Mayville
,
buildings
which
mostly
survive
, but
little
improved
, to this
day
.
Two
copies
of the
original
lithograph
are in the
possession
of the
Buffalo
Historical
Society
.
Subject
Buffalo
,
NY
Language
eng
DCMI Type of Original
image/jpg
File Name of Digital
013f.jpg
File Size of Digital
4825.197
KB
Date of Digital
2008-12-24
Rights Management
Digital
image
copyright
2008
by
Buffalo
&
Erie
County
Public
Library
.
Images
in this
collection
are not to be
used
for any
commercial
purposed
without
the
expressed
written
permission
of the
Buffalo
&
Erie
County
Public
Library
.
Users
of this
web
site
are
free
to
utilize
material
from this
collection
for
non-commercial
and
educational
purposes
.
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