Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company

Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building, April 2015
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Location	1219-1247 Main St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°54′24.9834″N78°52′2.1786″W / 42.906939833°N 78.867271833°W / 42.906939833; -78.867271833
Area	1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built	1910–1911; 114 years ago (1911)
Architect	Wood and Bradney
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Daylight Factory
NRHP reference No.	05000571 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 10, 2005

The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American electric car manufacturing company from 1912 until 1915 located at 1219-1247 Main Street in Buffalo, New York. The motorcars were marked under the Buffalo brand. The company was formed by a merger of several electrical vehicle and allied companies which included: ^[2]

• Babcock Electric Carriage Company (whose founder Francis A. Babcock became Buffalo's president)
• Van Wagoner whose trucks were continued by the new company
• The Buffalo Automobile Station Company
• Buffalo Electric Carriage Company
• The Clark Motor Company

History

The company's automobiles were commonly marketed to affluent women as an alternative to the dangerous manual crank starting that was required with a gasoline vehicle. The company went out of business in 1916. ^[3]

The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building is a historic automobile factory and showroom located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was constructed in 1910–1911. ^[4] The building has been redeveloped as home to "Artspace Buffalo."

The company's factory and showroom was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Electrical World, Volume 59 No 24 Jan. 1912: 1328. Google Books. 1912. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
3. Buffalo's Electric Automobiles c. 1905 Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . "Western New York Heritage Press". Archived from the original on 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-04-17., Retrieved 2011-04-17
4. Claire L. Ross (January 2005). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Early Electric Car Companies
• Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
• Preservation Studios Buffalo, NY: historic building rehabilitation and preservation consultants ^{[ permanent dead link ]}