Home of the East Buffalo Live Stock Exchange Company, in 1901, at 1167 William Street, directly across from the New York
Central Stock Yards. This building, designed by Louise Blanchard Bethune, was constructed in 1892, two years after the
Exchange was incorporated to facilitate livestock brokerage in Buffalo. Access to the livestock yards was made convenient by
the bridge visible above which crossed William Street.
The livestock market in Buffalo at the beginning of the 20th century was the second largest facility in the United States (behind
Chicago). The stockyards could accomodate 10,000 head of cattle, 30,000 sheep, 30,000 hogs, and horses. Some of the livestock
| received by rail in Buffalo was purchased locally by meat packers; the rest were shipped to markets farther east.
