Laurel and Michigan Avenues Row

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Laurel and Michigan Avenues Row

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Former Laurel and Michigan Avenues Row Site, December 2009
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Location 1335-1345 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates 42°54′36″N78°51′45″W / 42.91000°N 78.86250°W / 42.91000; -78.86250 Coordinates: 42°54′36″N78°51′45″W / 42.91000°N 78.86250°W / 42.91000; -78.86250
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1880
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Masten Neighborhood Rows TR
NRHP reference # 86000688 [1]
Added to NRHP March 19, 1986

Laurel and Michigan Avenues Row was a set of historic rowhouses located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was a set of speculative multi-unit frame residences designed to resemble rowhouses. The set of nine frame, two story rowhouses were built about 1880. [2] They were demolished in 1997. [3]

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