This is where we live
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo is in one of the most vibrant areas of the city, with a rich collection of historic homes, parks, colleges and schools, cultural centers and retail businesses, and diverse populations. In fact the American Planning Association chose Elmwood Village, the church’s immediate neighborhood, as one of the “10 Great Neighborhoods in America” in 2007, “for its vitality, broad spectrum of cultural and social assets, and its commitment to maintaining high community standards while solving real problems.”
The church’s larger Northwest Central Buffalo area has benefited traditionally from a rich legacy of well-constructed houses built by middle to upper class citizens as they flowed north from the city in the mid- to late 19th century. The area was framed by major parks of Frederick Law Olmsted’s park system—Front Park to the West, on Lake Erie, the central Delaware Park to the North, and Humboldt (now Martin Luther King, Jr.) park to the East. As the congregants of the Unitarian Church of Buffalo moved into the area, their search for a newer church from the original 1831 downtown building ended with the construction of the Unitarian Church at Elmwood and Ferry in 1904-1906.
Adding to this area’s resources are a number of high-quality colleges, a future University medical campus, cultural institutions, and schools that all add to the urban spirit.
The church’s larger Northwest Central Buffalo area has benefited traditionally from a rich legacy of well-constructed houses built by middle to upper class citizens as they flowed north from the city in the mid- to late 19th century. The area was framed by major parks of Frederick Law Olmsted’s park system—Front Park to the West, on Lake Erie, the central Delaware Park to the North, and Humboldt (now Martin Luther King, Jr.) park to the East. As the congregants of the Unitarian Church of Buffalo moved into the area, their search for a newer church from the original 1831 downtown building ended with the construction of the Unitarian Church at Elmwood and Ferry in 1904-1906.
Adding to this area’s resources are a number of high-quality colleges, a future University medical campus, cultural institutions, and schools that all add to the urban spirit.