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The Midway: The Midway, located at 471 - 499
Delaware Avenue was developed between 1889
and 1895. This block of neoclassical row houses
is a unique blend of grandeur and continuity of
design. During that period in Buffalo history, most
wealthy homeowners preferred to build detached
dwellings and the popularity of terrace housing
was only happening in seaboard cities.
Collectively called Midway because the block was
half the distance on Delaware Avenue between
Niagara Square and Forest Lawn Cemetery, the
houses were constructed individually over a
number of years beginning in the late 1880's. The
location was the site of the former Cornell Lead
Works.
The firm of Green and Wicks and Marling and
Johnson were among the architects responsible for the designs. Built mostly by business and professional people, the Midway was a clear expression of genteel spirit and nostalgia for tradition present during the so-called American Renaissance of the 1890's.
