Our Municipal Building & Historic Designation
The Kenmore Municipal Building
An architectural treasure at the heart of the Village, the Village/Town Municipal Building sits at the center of Kenmore, where Delaware Avenue and Delaware Road meet at the Village Green. It is one of the most architecturally distinguished buildings in the village - and since 2013, a federally recognized landmark.
The building was designed by noted architect E. B. Green, whose other works include the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo Savings Bank, the Genesee Building, the Market Arcade, First Presbyterian Church, and many of the mansions along Delaware Avenue. Green's monumental-style buildings are a defining part of Western New York's architectural heritage, and the Kenmore Municipal Building is among the finest small-scale examples of that tradition still standing.
Placing the Municipal Building on the National Register of Historic Places
Beginning several years before the designation, the KVIS Public Properties and Historic Kenmore Committees set out to research the process of securing federal historic recognition for the Municipal Building. The work was collaborative from the start. The KVIS consulted with Town Historian John Percy and Village Historian Ed Adamczyk, as well as officials from the New York State Historic Preservation Office. Additional guidance came from the experienced architectural historians at Clinton Brown Architecture. Once the committees had fully studied the process and its long-term benefits for the community, they presented the proposal to the Village and Town Boards and formally requested to pursue the designation.
In the early summer of 2013, the Kenmore-Tonawanda Municipal Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
This designation preserves and publicly recognizes the building's architectural and civic significance, and ensures that its place in the village's history is documented and protected for future generations.
An architectural treasure at the heart of the Village, the Village/Town Municipal Building sits at the center of Kenmore, where Delaware Avenue and Delaware Road meet at the Village Green. It is one of the most architecturally distinguished buildings in the village - and since 2013, a federally recognized landmark.
The building was designed by noted architect E. B. Green, whose other works include the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo Savings Bank, the Genesee Building, the Market Arcade, First Presbyterian Church, and many of the mansions along Delaware Avenue. Green's monumental-style buildings are a defining part of Western New York's architectural heritage, and the Kenmore Municipal Building is among the finest small-scale examples of that tradition still standing.
Placing the Municipal Building on the National Register of Historic Places
Beginning several years before the designation, the KVIS Public Properties and Historic Kenmore Committees set out to research the process of securing federal historic recognition for the Municipal Building. The work was collaborative from the start. The KVIS consulted with Town Historian John Percy and Village Historian Ed Adamczyk, as well as officials from the New York State Historic Preservation Office. Additional guidance came from the experienced architectural historians at Clinton Brown Architecture. Once the committees had fully studied the process and its long-term benefits for the community, they presented the proposal to the Village and Town Boards and formally requested to pursue the designation.
In the early summer of 2013, the Kenmore-Tonawanda Municipal Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
This designation preserves and publicly recognizes the building's architectural and civic significance, and ensures that its place in the village's history is documented and protected for future generations.
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In early summer of 2013 the Kenmore Tonawanda Municipal Building was placed on t
Visit these websites for more on E.B. Green architecture in the Buffalo, NY area: http://www.pbase.com/kjosker/ebgreen http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/13000370.htm |
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