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Address
The exact or approximate address of the building.
Building Materials
The main materials used in the construction of the building.
Construction Date
The year, or range of years, when the building was constructed.
Contractor
The name of the firm(s) or person(s) hired to perform work on the building.
Contributor
The party responsible for the content of each object in the collection, but not to the extent of the creator. For example, the contributor for the photographs is Green & Wicks, since the photographs capture the buildings they designed.
Creator
The party primarily responsible for the object digitized for this collection. For the Cost & Contract Book, this is Green & Wicks; for the photographs, it is the photographer.
Current Status
Whether the building has been demolished or if it is currently standing.
Date
The year or range of years when the object was created. For the Cost & Contract book materials, the date of entries and the date of construction is assumed to be the same.
Materials
Documents associated with a particular project, including the ledger entry itself, as well as any floor plans, elevation drawings, or other documents included in the Cost & Contract Book.
Neighborhood
The section of Buffalo, NY in which the building is (or was) located. Neighborhood information is not given for buildings outside Buffalo, NY.
Owner
The party that commissioned the building or owned the building after construction.
Project Completed?
The Cost & Contract Book contains some plans for projects never completed. This field will tell you whether the building was actually constructed.
Project Cost
Total cost of the building, including architect's fees, at the time of construction.
Project Title
Each architectural project undertaken by Green & Wicks was assigned a name. This name is taken from the Cost & Contract Book and is either the name by which the building is known or the building's address.
Project Type
The projects in the Cost & Contract Book fell into three categories: new buildings, additions to existing buildings, and alterations to existing buildings.
Publisher
The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society is credited with making all the objects in the digital library available to the public.
Resource Identifier
A unique ID number associated with each record in the digital library.
Structure Type
This is the term used in the Cost & Contract book to describe the building according to its type or function.
Subject
The buildings from the Cost & Contract Book were categorized according to their type or function (see Structure Type above), based on the subject terms the Research Library uses for its Photograph Collection.
