Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company

	Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building, April 2015
Location	1219-1247 Main St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°54′24.9834″N 78°52′2.1786″W / 42.906939833°N 78.867271833°W
Area	1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built	1910-1911
Architect	Wood and Bradney
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Daylight Factory
NRHP reference No.	05000571
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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Electrical World, Volume 59 No 24 Jan. 1912: 1328. Google Books. 1912. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
^ 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
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (January 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying six photographs

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[bflo-2] Electrical World, Volume 59 No 24 Jan. 1912: 1328. Google Books. 1912. Retrieved 2011-04-17.

[Western_New_York_Heritage_Press-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

[NysNrhpNom-4] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (January 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying six photographs

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