Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building
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Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building is a historic automobile factory
and showroom
located at Buffalo
in Erie County, New York
. It was constructed for the Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company
in 1910. The building has been redeveloped as home to "Artspace."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
and showroom
Showroom
The word showroom has two distinct meanings including:-Marketing location:A showroom is a large space used to display products for sale, such as automobiles, furniture, appliances, carpet or apparel. The World's most famous locations for a showroom are the Champs Elysees in Paris or the 5th Avenue...
located at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
in Erie County, New York
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...
. It was constructed for the Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company
Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company
The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American electric car manufacturing company from 1912 until 1915 based 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:*Babcock...
in 1910. The building has been redeveloped as home to "Artspace."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005.