Fosdick-Masten Park High School, now known as City Honors School, is a historic public high school building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The school is located on a 5.2-acre (2.1 ha) site. It was designed by architects Esenwein & Johnson and is a 3+1⁄2-story H-shaped brick structure constructed in 1912–1914 and sheathed in white glazed terra cotta tile.[2]
Fosdick-Masten Park High School | |
 City Honors School as viewed from Best Street, June 2006 | |
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| Location | Masten Ave. and E. North St., Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°54′11″N 78°51′38″W / 42.90306°N 78.86056°W |
| Built | 1912-1914 |
| Architect | Esenwein & Johnson |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Beaux Arts Classicism |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001672[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Notable alumni
edit- Frankie Pytlak, former Major League Baseball catcher[3]
- John Wyatt, former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Lucille Clifton, African American writer and poet
In Popular Culture
editA cartoon sketch of (then) Masten Park High School appears on the 1938 Goudey baseball card #269 of alumnus Frankie Pytlak.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "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 (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fosdick-Masten Park High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs
- ^ "Frankie Pytlak". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323)". Trading Card Database. Retrieved 20 December 2022.