Two weeks before the scheduled Cherry Blossoms Festival, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom behind the Buffalo History Museum on April 13, 2024.
The Buffalo History Museum is pursuing a $5 million project to make over part of its existing building into an event space, as well as construct a one-story, 2,000-square-foot addition, adjacent to the existing building.
The proposed project slated for 1 Museum Court, at the corner of Elmwood and Nottingham Terrace, was in front of the City of Buffalo Preservation Board on Thursday.
Due to the site's historic designation and the project's use of historic tax credits, the plan will need to be reviewed by the Preservation Board, as well as state and national preservation organizations, before it goes in front of the City of Buffalo.
The change of use being proposed for the Reinstein Center on the campus is from institutional/cultural to assembly. The space is currently being used as offices. Restoring the building would open it up to public functions and create a new revenue stream.
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The museum overlooks the Japanese Garden in Delaware Park and Hoyt Lake, off Nottingham Terrace, which is a popular place for photos and events.
The project would encompass the restoration of the building's stairs, which are currently inaccessible, and the building's wraparound terrace, retaining walls, masonry, windows, wood siding, fascia and detailing, and iron gate, as well as the installation of lighting, according to plans filed by Carmina Wood Design, the architect working on the project. The existing retaining walls on the site and a free-standing iron gate both will be stabilized.
The interior work will focus on accessible restrooms, the introduction of a catering warming kitchen in the building's basement and interior finish restoration work, Carmina Wood Design said in the filing.
The proposed new flat-roof building, inspired by historic solariums, would be located between the existing historic structure and a historic gate for the primary building, at the site's southern border, according to Wood Carmina Design.
The plans include the building being clad on all four sides with windows, creating a largely transparent structure, allowing for views through the building to the adjacent landscape and building. The base of the building will be clad in stone veneer, with fiber cement piers, the architectural firm said.
In the space between the new and existing structure, a concrete ramp will be constructed next to the proposed ramp at the historic building, allowing access to the new building and the basement of the existing structure, according to the plans.
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