We remember this pillar of Buffalo’s African American community with a series of personal recollections.

A donated painting provides the focal point for a collaborative project with Buffalo State graduate students.

Built by Ambrose Johnson in 1870, the house occupied for decades by Dr. Williard Jolls became the center of the Orchard Park community and is a fine extant example of Italianate architecture.  A collaborative arrangement between the town and the Orchard Park Historical Society is helping to preserve this important piece of local history.

Enjoy this selection of fashionable hats on prominent Buffalo women from the early 20th Century.