A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
From the Photo series: A Closer Look: Explore Western New York’s architectural treasures series
The Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village, formerly the Amherst Museum, is located on 35 acres along Tonawanda Creek Road in Amherst. The nonprofit organization is committed to preserving the history of the region. Costumed interpreters help guests learn about life in the 19th century as they tour the historic buildings.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The Schmitt Log House in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Inside the Schmitt Log House, the unfinished walls reveal the 19th century log house style of construction.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The dining room inside the Schmitt Log House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Inside the Schmitt Log House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The 1854 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Detail of a stained glass window inside the 1854 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The baptismal font in the 1854 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Reikart's barbershop, leased to vaudeville actor Frank Reikart in 1908, includes displays about the man who became a prolific businessman after leaving show business.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The chair in Reikart's barbershop at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The Sweet Home Common School No. 15, which was built in 1847 on Sweet Home Road near Tonawanda Creek.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The Sweet Home Common School No. 15 was used for grades 1-8 until 1948.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The stately Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Historic interpreter Aimee Bajorek enters the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Historic interpreter Aimee Bajorek stands in the dining room of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A desk in the front of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The living room of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The 1860 Bigelow House in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Historic interpreter Aimee Bajorek stands at the doorway to Williamsville School No. 9. The one-room schoolhouse is outfitted just as it would 19th century to give visitors a glimpse into how schools were run.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The one-room Williamsville School No. 9 was built in 1880 at New and Smith roads in Amherst before being relocated to the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A cast iron stove at the center of the classroom inside Williamsville School No. 9.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The 1851 Elliott House in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Historic interpreter Aimee Bajorek adds a log to the wood-burning stove in the kitchen of the 1851 Elliott House in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Pottery on display in the 1851 Elliott House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A small desk in the corner of the living room of the 1851 Elliott House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The living room of the 1851 Elliott House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Crystal drinkware on the sideboard in the dining room of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A cast iron bean slicer in the kitchen of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The mattress is pulled back to reveal the rope supports underneath in a bedroom in the 1860 Bigelow House in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Historic interpreter Aimee Bajorek shows the brick and mud oven she uses to demonstrate vintage baking techniques.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The stove in the kitchen of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Items in the kitchen of Hoover House include a scale.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A bedroom in the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A baby walker from the late 1800s in the nursery of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A bassinet from the late 1800s in the nursery of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A pitcher and wash basin in the maid's room of the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Detail of a cast iron stove inside the Hoover House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Detail of the fireplace in the living room of the 1851 Elliott House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A wood burning stove in the kitchen of the 1851 Elliott House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Historic interpreter Aimee Bajorek adds a log to the wood-burning stove in the kitchen of the 1851 Elliott House in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Mark Majorek, a volunteer woodworker and board member, demonstrates how a shave horse is used to hold a piece of wood in place so it can be worked on with tools in the blacksmith shop at Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
Tools on a workbench in the 1899 replica blacksmith shop at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A book stand inside the 1880 Williamsville Schoolhouse at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A wicker beehive, amid samples of wickerwork and beeswax candlemaking in the kitchen of the 1860 Bigelow House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A bedroom in the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
The living room inside the 1860 Bigelow House.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A diorama of a General Store in the Shaw Exhibit Building.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A horse-drawn carriage in the Shaw Exhibit Building.
A Closer Look: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
A display of vintage radios in an exhibit in the Shaw Exhibit Building.
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