Buffalo Park Structures by Calvert Vaux

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The Refectory, the Parade, 1875:

Vaux' Preliminary Plan for the Refectory at the Parade, 1875.
(The rear galleries and tower were omitted from the structure when constructed.)

Refectory (or, The Parade House), The Parade, 1875 (destroyed by fire, 1876.):

Refectory, Rear View, The Parade, 1875 (destroyed by fire, 1876.):

Refectory, Gallery Detail, The Parade, 1875 (destroyed by fire, 1876.):

Boat House, The Park, 1875 (subsequently enlarged; demolished in 1899.):

Park Superintendent's House (The Farmstead), The Park, 1875 (demolished, 1950):

Boat Landing Seating, The Park, 1875 (re-sited in 1899; lost between 1917 and 1951):

Summer House (or, Spire House), The Park, 1875 (demolished sometime between 1901 and 1917):

Rustic Bridge, The Park, 1875 (demolished):

Viaduct (over Delaware Street), The Park, 1875 (Demolished and replaced by the Works Progess Administration.):

Music Stand, The Front, 1875:

The "elaborate" Music Stand which Vaux proposed for the Front was not constructed.
No preliminary sketch nor copy of plans is known to have survived.

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