Buffalo Town Square Historic District


Buffalo Town Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia. It encompasses three contributing buildings all in the Greek Revival on the town square: the Buffalo Academy, Buffalo Presbyterian Church, and Buffalo Methodist Church. The area was listed as a district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Buffalo Academy

Buffalo Academy was a school until the American Civil War when it was used successively by the armies involved. It later was restored and utilized as part of the school district as a public high school and then as an elementary school until the 1950s. It has been restored by the Buffalo Historical Society and a historical marker commemorates the building's history. Alumni of the academy included Coin Harvey and General John McCausland. George Rosetter was the school's first principal.