10 Lafayette Square

10 Lafayette Square
10 Lafayette Square [left]
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office
Location	10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY, USA
Coordinates	42°53′N 78°52′W / 42.89°N 78.87°W / 42.89; -78.87Coordinates: 42°53′N 78°52′W / 42.89°N 78.87°W / 42.89; -78.87
Construction started	1958
Completed	1959
Inaugurated	November 18, 1959
Cost	US$ 5 million
Owner	Hamister Group
Management	Hamister Group
Height
Roof	263 feet (80.2 m)
Technical details
Floor count	20
Floor area	140,000 sq ft (13,006.4 m2)
Lifts/elevators	5
Design and construction
Architect	Emery Roth & Sons

10 Lafayette Square, also known as the Tishman building, is a high-rise office tower located in Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York. Completed in 1959, it is the thirteenth-tallest building in Buffalo, standing at 263 feet (80 m) and 20 stories tall. The building is located adjacent to the Rand Building and built in the International Style. The structural frames for the building are not steel, but concrete beams and columns. The building architects were Emery Roth & Sons of New York city.^[1]

Previous Building

For 81 years (1876-1957), the six-story, cast iron, Buffalo German Insurance Company Building (a Victorian Italianate architecture office was built by Richard A. Waite) existed on current land site prior to the Tishman Building.

History

The Tishman building was home to the Fortune 500 company, National Fuel Gas (formerly Iroquois Gas) until 2003 when the company relocated to the Buffalo suburb of Williamsville.

In May, 2011, the Amherst-based Hamister Group purchased the Tishman building. Shortly after, they announced $41 million mixed use plans for the building, including a 123-room Hilton Garden Inn, two floors of apartments, and three floors of office space.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, as the Tishman Building.^[3][3]

Gallery

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Buffalo

References

External links

• Skyscraperpage building page
• Emporis building page

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