Recent Updates

December 25, 2004

         Added a page for Larry Beahan's short story "Tecumseh came to our house for Christmas".  Larry's remembrance of a special Christmas in 1954.

September 9, 2004

         Added a page for Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Old First Ward

November 1, 2003

        Added pages for Lovejoy's Iron Island Churches
        Modified framesets for better navigation (I hope)

October 22, 2003

        Updated Steeples page, with new pictures of Assumption, St. Stanislaus, St. Stephen's and Visitation
       Added a second page from steeples titled Before the Steeple with 1902 pictures of St. Stanislaus and St. Mary of Sorrows

October 20, 2003

        Added a link to Karl R. Josker's Lofty Photos site featuring interior pictures of Buffalo's churches.
       Updated the pages for Holy Family, including a 1935 Courier-Express article about Holy Family's celtic artwork

July 4, 2003

        Added page for Father Vincent Belle and the Belle Community Center

May 27, 2003

        Added page for SS. Rita & Patrick (and St, Monica) on Fillmore and Eagle

May 9th, 2003

Added a page for Holy Family on South Park and Tifft Street.

April 21, 2003

Added a page for Holy Apostles SS Peter and Paul on Clinton and Smith Street.
Added a page for St. Valentine on South Park

April 6, 2003

Added St. Boniface history from "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Erie Co, New York, from Actual Surveys and Records by F.W. Berrs & Co.", 1880.

Added a new MAPS index, click on the address to display a Yahoo Map for the church.

 

Also look for this icon on other pages to display a relevant map.

Created a Guestbook archive link to hold older postings.

December 15, 2002

Added a page for St. Casimir's in Kaisertown.
Added a link to an interesting church site by Heather Hartel from heaven (University of Iowa).  Heather is writing a dissertation on Father Nelson H. Baker.

October 4, 2002

Added a page for St. Francis of Assisi in Athol Springs.

October 1, 2002

Added a page for Holy Cross on Seventh and Maryland, near Niagara Street.

Added a page for Zoar Reformed (now Saints Tabernacle) on Genesee Street.

September 17, 2002

Added a guest book for Buffalo's Faith Elevators.
Added pictures of Sacred Heart's former rectory on Seneca Street and a partial wall, all that is left of the famed Larken Administration Building. 

September 15, 2002

Added a link for Doors Open Niagara, this October 19-20 buildings on both sides of the Niagara River will open their doors to the public. 

September 12, 2002

Added a page for St. Stephen's on Elk Street.

September 06, 2002

Registered domain name www.FaithElevators.us

Added a second page for Prospect Baptist with memories of Ted Helt Jr., this page also contains interior photos of the church.

Added a second page for Sacred Heart, with 1936 news articles about Sacred Heart's first Church on Swan Street that was sold to the Larkin Soap Company and used as an auditorium for employees.  Special thanks to David Smith for sending me the news articles.

September 23, 2001

Added a link to Nancy Piatkowski's site for St. Mary's on Broadway and Pine that is a part of her Buffalo Folklore Etc. site.

August 28, 2001

Two vintage 1920's photo's were added to St. Matthew's page

August 20, 2001

New page added for St. Adalbert's

August 11, 2001

Pages added for the Magyar Churches

St. Elizabeth's, Reformed in US Magyar, Hungarian Lutheran, Assumption in Lackawanna, First Hungarian Baptist, Presbyterian Magyar, and West Side Hungarian.

March 17, 2001

        Page added for Gethsemane Lutheran

        Page added for Immaculate Conception

 

March 3, 2001

    page added for New Apostolic Church

January 28, 2001

    page added for Queen of Peace

January 22, 2001

Page added for St. John Neumann Shrine / St. John the Baptist in Kenmore

      Updated Where's the Steeple? page with St. Stanislaus and Assumption

November 11, 2000

Page added for Houses of God

Page added for Prospect Avenue Baptist

Page added for St. James

Added a link to Rich Schwegler's Old East Side Web page 

August 5, 2000

Page added for St. Joseph's Cathedral

Page added for Sacred Heart

July 9,2000

        page added for Our Lady Help of Christians (Maria Hilf Chapel)

        link added to St. Aloysius

June 4, 2000

Page added for St. Andrew's

May 28, 2000

Page added for St. Paul's Cathedral

May 23, 2000

Pages added for Durham A.M.E. Zion and Michigan Street Baptist

May 21, 2000

Page added for Buffalo's Churches in the National Register of Historic Places  (Blessed Trinity, Durham A.M.E. Zion, Maria Hilf - Our Lady of Help Christians, Michigan Street Baptist, St. Andrew's, St. Paul's Cathedral, and The Polish National Cathedral)
April 23, 2000
Revised page for St. Bartholomew's

Added St. Aloysius to the Timeline page

     

March 26, 2000
Page added for Where's the Steeple?  (St Ann's, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Peter's, St. Andrew's)

February 29, 2000 

October 5th, 1999

 

May 9th, 1999

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