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The Liberty Pole: An Album of Historic Images

For one hundred and one years, Buffalo had a prominent patriotic public landmark, The Liberty Pole. It was first erected in 1838 at the intersection of Main Street and The Terrace and Commercial Street, and was dedicated on the fourth of July.

Several American cities had Liberty Poles, containing a patriotic tradition that bgan at the time of the Revolutionary War. The poles proclaiming liberty were first erected in New England as a sign of protest against British authority.

To read more of Carl Burgwardt, Susan Eck and John H. Conlin's story, see page 8 of the Spring 2007 Heritage Magazine.

F.W. Caulkins: Architect

One of the most original and dramatic buiding designs of 1890s Buffalo was the structure at 85 Genesee Street at the corner of Elliocott, now collapsed. On a tiny, triangular lot, the architect placed an imposing four-story building facade. The building, with hardly any footprint to it, gave the impression of being a monumental structure. It was theatrical architecture, a trope, like a metaphysical conceit yoking together apparent opposites. At the acute angle of the triangular lot, the building came to a knifepoint edge, four stories high...

...At the base of the corner was the artist's name, proudly cast in iron: "F.W. Caulkins, Architect."

To view the rest of this story by John H. Conlin, see page 14 in the Spring 2007 Heritage Magazine. Subscribe now!

 

Louis Le Couteulx, Gentleman

 

Among the colorful assortment of adventurers, Indian traders and pioneer settlers in the 1804 village of Buffalo, none was more intriguing or distinctive than Louis Le Couteulx. All the classic histories of the early City of Buffalo mention Le Couteulx as a person of culture and refinement, albeit tinged with mystery. In his dress and deportment he seemed to represent an earlier era. He wore ruffled cravats, knee britches, and shoes with silver buckles and had his hair tied back in a queue. To all who knew this representative of France's ancien regime, he was considered to be a man of substance.

To read more of this story by Judith Lopez del Moral, see page 26 of the Spring 2007 Heritage Magazine.

 

 

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