Fosdick-Masten Park High School

Fosdick-Masten Park High School, now known as City Honors School, is a historic public high school building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The school is located on a 5.2-acre (2.1 ha) site. It was designed by architects Esenwein & Johnson and is a 3+1⁄2-story H-shaped brick structure constructed in 1912–1914 and sheathed in white glazed terra cotta tile.[2]

Fosdick-Masten Park High School
City Honors School as viewed from Best Street, June 2006
Fosdick-Masten Park High School is located in New York
Fosdick-Masten Park High School
Fosdick-Masten Park High School is located in the United States
Fosdick-Masten Park High School
LocationMasten Ave. and E. North St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°54′11″N 78°51′38″W
Built1912-1914
ArchitectEsenwein & Johnson
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Beaux Arts Classicism
NRHP reference No.83001672[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Notable alumni

A cartoon sketch of (then) Masten Park High School appears on the 1938 Goudey baseball card #269 of alumnus Frankie Pytlak.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fosdick-Masten Park High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs
  3. "Frankie Pytlak". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. "1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323)". Trading Card Database. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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