A new memoir gives an intimate look at Rochester’s only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house and sheds more light on its history.
The full content is available in the Spring 2013 Issue.
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.
A generous subscriber shared a photograph, along with an interesting personal history of a lost mansion on Buffalo's North Street.
John E. Brent’s architectural contributions to Buffalo and the surrounding areas often went uncredited because of his race. Today historians are working on tracking down Brent’s projects and giving him the recognition he deserves.
In every community he worked, especially Buffalo’s Polonia, architect Wladyslaw H. Zawadzki designed quality buildings that held important events and shaped the neighborhoods in which they stood.
By: John Percy
Geography's impact on the history of Western New York and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula.
Facsimile edition of the 1915 Beautiful Homes of Buffalo showcasing homes built for movers and shakers of a vibrant city.
Western New York Heritage magazine’s editors, past and present, reflect on the organization’s first two decades.
Matthew Biddle shows two examples of how technology is bringing history to a wider audience.