The Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo, NY, 1906
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1906 (Early)
About this postcard
A tinted view of the Lafayette Hotel, a tall red-brick and light-stone block with a rooftop sign reading "LAFAYETTE HOTEL" and an American flag above it, seen across a wide street busy with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and wagons. The hotel opened in 1904 to designs by Louise Blanchard Bethune, widely regarded as the first professional woman architect in the United States, and it remains a downtown Buffalo landmark. The surrounding commercial blocks and the mix of foot and horse traffic fit the early 1900s, when Buffalo was a major Great Lakes port and rail center.
Postcard Details
Freebury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , AMES, NY |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Buffalo News Company |
| Series | 6296 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte S. Bennett, Freebury, MA |
| Place depicted | Buffalo, NY |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1906 |
| Notes | White border with printed caption at bottom ('The Lafayette Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y.'); undivided-back era card. Handwriting in blue ink along the right margin of the picture side: 'Dec/06 from Ralph'. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS AUG 15 1906 3-30 PM. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY'), Poly Chrome trade mark, white border, light edge wear; series 6296; published by The Buffalo News Company, Buffalo, N. Y., Leipzig, Dresden. |
Cite this card
The Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo, NY, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-lafayette-hotel-buffalo-ny-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.