Horse Shoe
Sanborn Map of the intersection of William and Pine in Buffalo, NY 1925- Feb. 1951, vol.2 1926-Apr. 1950 sheet 156.
Structure on Sanborn map. Buffalo 1925-Feb. 1951 vol. 2, 1926-Apr. 1950, Sheet 156.
Liquor license issued to Samuel Dickman, proprietor of the Horshoe Bar. Buffalo Criterion, Oct 12, 1957. Known Name(s)
Horse Shoe
Address
Williams & Pine Buffalo, NY
Establishment Type(s)
Tavern
Physical Status
Demolished
Description
The Horse Shoe was located in a two-story building with a composition roof, which had a height from the ground to roof level of 27 feet and a wall thickness of 12 inches on both stories according to the 1951 updated Sanborn map. There was a firewall 12 inches above the roof as well as windows on the back of building on the second floor. To the west side of the building there is a one-story room with a composition roof with a height from the ground to roof level of 14 feet. This section also had a fire wall, this one being 6 inches above the roof. The establishment was located on the corner of William and Pine. It was flanked by stores on William Street and a store and dwellings on Pine.
Detailed History
he Horse Shoe, or the Glass Horseshoe, sat at one end of the 200 block of Pine, the opposite end from St. Mary's Church, convent and school. It was on the corner of William Street, in the commercial section of the African American neighborhood on Buffalo's East Side. In the Green Book, the Horse Show was listed separately as both a tavern and a restaurant. The site is currently an empty lot. Likely the same establishment as Horseshoe (https://community.village.virginia.edu/greenbooks/content/horseshoe/ ) and Glass Horseshoe (https://community.village.virginia.edu/greenbooks/content/glass-horseshoe/ )
