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Map: Ellicott's Plan for Buffalo, 1804


Historical map of Buffalo Village outer lots with numbered land plots along Lake Erie and a creek.
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Title

Map: Ellicott's Plan for Buffalo, 1804

Subject

Buffalo(N.Y.)--Buildingsstructuresetc

Description

Map of Ellicot's plan for Buffalo, NY circa 1804
A historical map labeled “Map of Buffalo Village Outer Lots.” The layout shows numbered plots of land arranged along the shoreline of Lake Erie and near a creek. Streets and property divisions are marked with lines across the grid.

Source

Francis Kowsky. The Best Planned City The Olmsted Legacy in Buffalo. Buffalo, N.Y., 1992, Fig. 2.

Date

1804-00-00

Rights

Type

Image
Book illustrations, Technical illustrations

Identifier

LIB-005_0114

Alternative Title

Buffalo Architecture at the Time of the Pan-American Exposition

Is Part Of

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901

Citation

“Map: Ellicott's Plan for Buffalo, 1804,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 20, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/94877.