Title:

The Buffalo Stockyards

Description:

The Buffalo stockyards once occupied this 100-acre site. A major employer for over a century, the livestock trade supported a variety of meatpacking and leather crafting businesses. On July 3, 1959 the site was selected for construction of Buffalo's Main Post Office. Postmaster General John Gronouski dedicated the building on October 10, 1964.

Erected by:

United States Postal Service, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, 2005

Location:

North side of William Street, in front of the main post office building.