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Henry Spann
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Henry L. Spann (February 13, 1879 – October 3, 1946)[1][2] was a church and theater architect in Buffalo, New York.[3] He is credited with designing about a dozen of the city's theaters as well as ones in surrounding areas including Niagara, New York.[4] He built theaters for various owners.[5] He worked with his much younger brother William T. Spann who was also an architect.[6] Spann also designed buildings for Catholic institutions in the area.
Spann's theater designs for Michael Shea incorporated commercial space.[7]
The North Park Theatre he designed remains in existence and efforts were underway to preserve the Sattler Theater on Broadway.[8] Shea's Seneca commercial building section remains and was being proposed for National Register of Historic Places consideration in 2018.[9]
Work
[edit]- Sattler Theater (1914) for retail tycoon John G. Sattler 512 - 516 Broadway in Buffalo[10][11] It became the Broadway Theater had a pipe organ installed and eventually served as a mosque and church. It is terra cotta clad.[12]
- Savoy Theater on William Street in Buffalo, former home to the Buffalo Criterion newspaper[10]
- North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue in Buffalo[10] (open)
- Abott Theatre in Buffalo (closed)
- Bailey Theatre in Buffalo (closed)
- Broadway Theatre in Buffalo (closed)
- Genesee Theatre in Buffalo (closed)
- Maxine Theater in Buffalo (closed)
- Olympic Theater in Buffalo (closed)
- Roxy Theatre in Buffalo (closed)
- Shea's Kensington Theater in Buffalo (closed)
- Shea's Niagara Theater in Buffalo (closed)
- Shea's Roosevelt Theater in Buffalo (closed)
- Shea's Seneca on Seneca and Cazenovia streets in downtown South Buffalo[13] Has been adapted to various uses over the years.[14]
- Strand Theatre in Niagara Falls, New York (closed)
- Theater in Batavia, New York[15]
- South Park Theater (1919) in Buffalo
- Majestic Theater (1910) at William and Sherman St
- Mother of Mercy Hospital 1922 brick, stone, and steel[16] and a power house for the Mother House of the Sisters of Charity[17]
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church school in Dunkirk, New York[18]
- House in Parkside[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Architect Spann Dies in Florida". Buffalo Evening News. October 4, 1946. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Hill, Henry Wayland (1923). Municipality of Buffalo, New York: A History, 1720-1923, Vol. 4. New York & Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 377.
- ^ "Buffalo Theaters". buffaloah.com.
- ^ "Movie Theaters Designed by Henry L. Spann - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org.
- ^ "The American Contractor". F. W. Dodge Corporation. 13 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "BYP Uses Fundraiser Money to Secure Historic East Side Theater". 2013-02-18.
- ^ "Shea's Impact on Buffalo – Buffalo Rising". www.buffalorising.com.
- ^ "Non-Profit Completes Sattler Theater Purchase". 2008-08-21.
- ^ "Shea's Seneca Theater — Preservation-Ready Sites Buffalo".
- ^ a b c "Forgotten Buffalo featuring the Sattler / Broadway Theater". www.forgottenbuffalo.com.
- ^ "Cinematic gems".
- ^ "The Broadway (aka Sattler) Theater, Buffalo, NY". 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Looking Backward: Seneca & Cazenovia, December 22, 1945". 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Preservation Ready/Shea's Seneca".
- ^ "Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today". Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated. 13 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide". C.W. Sweet & Company. 13 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Bridgemen's Magazine". International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. 13 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Engineering Record". McGraw Publishing Company. 13 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Staying Put in Parkside". 22 September 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- "The architectural achievements and architectural perspective renderings of Henry L. Spann and William T. Spann, registered architects". bepl.ent.sirsi.net. 1909.
- Hill, Henry Wayland (1923). Municipality of Buffalo, New York: A History, 1720-1923, Vol. 4. New York & Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
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