File:Plaque indicating location of former county courthouse, Central Library, Buffalo, New York - 20200209.jpg

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As seen in February 2020, a historic plaque on the front plaza of the Buffalo Central Library, facing Clinton Street at the southeast corner of Lafayette Square, indicates the site of the former Niagara (later Erie) County Courthouse. The plaque reads:

"THE SITE OF THE FIRST COURT HOUSES OF NIAGARA AND ERIE COUNTIES

FIRST COURT HOUSE BUILT 1810, DESTROYED AT THE BURNING OF BUFFALO BY THE BRITISH, DECEMBER 30, 1813. SECOND COURTHOUSE BUILT 1816-17, ABANDONED MARCH 11, 1876.

NIAGARA COUNTY FORMED FROM GENESEE COUNTY MARCH 11, 1808, AND ERIE COUNTY FROM NIAGARA COUNTY APRIL 2, 1821 - BUFFALO BEING THE FIRST SEAT OF NIAGARA COUNTY AND ERIE COUNTY.

ERECTED BY THE NIAGARA FRONTIER LANDMARKS ASSOCIATION, 1905."
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Author Andre Carrotflower
Camera location42° 53′ 07.85″ N, 78° 52′ 24.26″ W  Heading=340.58740234375° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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