Williams Avenue Distance 0.00 miles

Charles William was one of the founders of Buffalo. He had a Dry Creek homestead in the area.

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Bennett Street Distance 0.00 miles

Harvey A. Bennett was born in 1854 and came to Wyoming in 1877. He worked at Organ’s Hardware in the 1880s, later owning it. He was one of the first directors of the First National Bank and president of the Buffalo Echo Publishing Company. He was the first mayor of Buffalo in 1884. Bennett and his family left Buffalo and moved to Missouri in 1889. Bennett died at the age of 97 in 1951.

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494 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

William Graham, a renowned blacksmith who ran a livery stable/blacksmith shop. He had the house built in 1905. It is a one-story Victorian cottage with a stained glass window and scrollwork, a hip roof with deck, and a front porch with fish scale trim.

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494 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

William Graham, a renowned blacksmith who ran a livery stable/blacksmith shop. He had the house built in 1905. It is a one-story Victorian cottage with a stained glass window and scrollwork, a hip roof with deck, and a front porch with fish scale trim.

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472 South Main Street: Hill House Distance 0.00 miles

T. P. Hill, a prominent lawyer in Buffalo, opened a law practice with Burt Griggs in 1888. Later he practiced alone until he retired and turned the practice over to his son. His one-story house was built in 1928 with a wrap-around porch, a hip roof, and side gables.

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293 South Main Street: Brock House Distance 0.00 miles

This house was built in the 1890s for the family of Albert L. Brock, a prominent rancher. It is a two-story structure with approximately 1,200 feet on each floor. The front porch has a balcony.

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260 South Main Street: Blake House Distance 0.00 miles

Dr. Blake came to Buffalo in the early 1900s. While hunting one day, he climbed a tree to scout and was mistaken for a bear. He was shot in the shoulder and he died a few years later. Designed in the “Airplane House” style, this bungalow has a structure containing bedrooms built in the center of the house.

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270 South Lobban Avenue: Thom House Distance 0.00 miles

The Thom house was built in 1889 with a stucco-covered foundation. It is an H-shaped wooden frame one-story house with a gable roof. A fan light window is present over the front door.

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307 South Lobban Avenue: Hesse House Distance 0.00 miles

The Hesse House is an original log cabin covered with stucco with a native stone fence. There is a north side entrance and bay window, as well as an east side bay window. The house was originally F. G. S. Hesse’s home from 1890-1900.

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First Northern Bank of Wyoming, 141 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

The First Northern Bank of Wyoming, originally called the Stebbins Conrad Bank and more recently the First National Bank of Wyoming, was established in 1884 at its current location. After operating in a few other locations, it returned to its original site in 1941. Previously this was the location of the Buffalo Creamery, Henry’s Variety Store, Wilkerson Saddle Shop, and American Legion. In 1879 this became the second location of the Trabing Brothers’ Store, the first store in Johnson County... Read more...

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First Northern Bank of Wyoming Parking Lot Distance 0.00 miles

A 1952 one-story building occupied this location where Standard Station and earlier Holt’s Drug Store, the first drug store in Buffalo, were located. This was the site of McLeod’s Cowboy Saloon and the beginning of Buffalo’s Red Light District. The wide alley behind Main Street, (Bob Hancock Drive), provided each saloon with a rear entrance for the convenience of the “ladies of the evening.”

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Papa Bino's, 100 & 98 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

Currently housing Papa Bino’s, it was the previous home of Northern Wyoming Insurance, originally Safeco, for 30 years. Earlier it contained Mountain States Power Company, Pacific Power Lights, the Senate Saloon, John Erhart’s Fruit and Candy Store, the Darling Grocery Store, a post office in the 1920s, and the Johnson County Bank from 1912 – 1920. Charles Baker built this building in 1910.

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Up in Smoke, 94 & 90 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

This was the first home of Buffalo Federal Savings and Loan and the KBBS Radio Station. It was the location of Knebel’s doctor office from 1934 – 1957, as well as Burt Grigg’s Law Office from 1921 – 1958. Previously it was Charles Burger’s jewelry store from 1904 – 1934. Built by F. A. Shaver in 1892 and known as the Shaver Block, it first housed Shaver’s jewelry store and Helen Walker’s millinery store.

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CloudPeak.Net, Art Works Too, 86 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

This two-story building with a white metal façade covered in pressed floral designs is an example of how popular it was to buy pre-manufactured building façades to dress up the store front. This was home to Hill and Grigg’s Law Office and the Buffalo Furniture Mart. It housed the Buffalo Echo, Buffalo’s first newspaper in 1883, before it was renamed the Buffalo Bulletin in 1906.

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Treasure Chest Antiques and Collectibles, 76 South Main Street Distance 0.00 miles

Previously housing the Practically Magic Store and Amish Furnishings, this one-story building was Jim Gatchell’s Pharmacy from 1904 – 1987. Gatchell’s collection of historical artifacts became the basis for the Johnson County Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum.

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