Geography

The Delaware District neighborhood is in the central part of Buffalo. The neighborhood is located along Delaware Avenue (NY 384

New York State Route 384

New York State Route 384 is a state highway in Western New York in the United States. It is a north–south route extending from the city of Buffalo, Erie County to the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, and is one of several routes directly connecting the two cities. The southern terminus...

)and Elmwood Avenue. The neighborhood is bordered on the south by the Downtown Buffalo neighborhood. The northern boundary of the neighborhood abuts Forest Lawn Cemetery and Delaware Park. Its eastern boundary is Main Street (NY 5

New York State Route 5

New York State Route 5 is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, and several other smaller cities and...

). To the west is the West Side neighborhood.

Historic sites

It includes the individual entries on the Buffalo places listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places listings in Buffalo, New York

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Buffalo, New YorkThis is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York...

: Garret Club

Garret Club

Garret Club is a historic clubhouse building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was designed by noted Buffalo architect Edward Brodhead Green and constructed in 1929.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007....

, Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation

Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation

Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, formerly known as North Presbyterian Church, is a historic Greek Orthodox church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a Gothic Revival style church designed by Boston architect George F. Newton and constructed in 1906, as home to North...

, James and Fanny How House

James and Fanny How House

James and Fanny How House is a historic home located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a noted example of a Tudor Revival–style dwelling designed by local architect Harold L. Olmsted in 1924. It is composed of three sections: a -story cross-gabled front block, a 1-story gabled connecting...

, Edgar W. Howell House

Edgar W. Howell House

Edgar W. Howell House is a historic home located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.-References:...

, Edwin M. and Emily S. Johnston House

Edwin M. and Emily S. Johnston House

Edwin M. and Emily S. Johnston House is a historic home located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a Colonial Revival style brick dwelling designed by Bley & Lyman in 1934. It consists of a -story cross-gabled main block with a 2-story side-gabled garage wing.It was listed on the National...

, Col. William Kelly House

Col. William Kelly House

Col. William Kelly House is a historic home located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a Colonial Revival style brick dwelling constructed in 1937...

, Parke Apartments

Parke Apartments

Parke Apartments, also known as Park Lane Condominium, is a historic apartment building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was built in 1924-1925 and is an early 20th century, high class, apartment building modestly styled in the Second Renaissance Revival mode...

, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site preserves the Ansley Wilcox House, at 641 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Here, after the assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901...

 and Saturn Club

Saturn Club

Saturn Club is a clubhouse building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a Tudor Revival structure designed by the local architectural firm of Bley & Lyman and opened in 1922.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005....

. Also located in the neighborhood is the Twentieth Century Club

Twentieth Century Club (Buffalo, New York)

The Twentieth Century Club is a women's social club founded in the late 19th century in Buffalo, New York. It is located at 595 Delaware Avenue, in the Delaware District neighborhood. It was the first club run by women, for women, in the United States....

. Much of the central section of the neighborhood is within the Delaware Avenue Historic District

Delaware Avenue Historic District (Buffalo, New York)

Delaware Avenue Historic District is a historic district in , United States, and Erie County. It is located along the west side of Delaware Avenue between North Street to the South and Bryant Street to the North....

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Also contained within this district is the eclectic Elmwood Village and Women's and Children's Hospital.