Buffalo Savings Bank


The Buffalo Savings Bank is a neoclassical, Beaux–Arts style bank branch building located at 1 Fountain Plaza in downtown Buffalo, New York.

History

The Buffalo Savings Bank building opened in May 1901. The building's signature feature is the gold-leafed dome, which measures 23 feet tall and 56 feet in diameter. It is covered with 13,500 terra-cotta tiles. The tiles originally were overlaid with copper, which took on a greenish hue. The tiles have been gilded three times. The last restoration required 140,000 paper-thin sheets of 23.75-carat gold leaf at a cost $500,000. The building contains a clock above the main columned entrance. In 1982, the original bank building received a larger linked addition on the north side called M & T Center. In 1991, the Buffalo Savings Bank company became insolvent and was dissolved. The building currently serves as a branch of M&T Bank and has been designated a City of Buffalo Landmark.
Key Center North Tower and Key Center South Tower are across Main Street from the building. The Electric Tower is to the southeast.
In 2010, the bank was used in the filming of Henry's Crime, a movie in which the bank is robbed.

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