# J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District

Buffalo, NY · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-2ed4876441` · release 2026-10-22

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/buffalo-j-n-adamam-a-historic-district/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-2ed4876441.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-2ed4876441.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-2ed4876441

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | proposed | none |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing, office | none |
| What is there now | converted to apartments and offices | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Individual (Name Withheld) | none |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “The main department store was designed by Starrett & van Vleck” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District is a national historic district located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York.  The district resulted from the agglomeration of commercial structures over many years of commercial growth and still reflects conscious decisions made by the original planners of the J. N. Adam & Co., and later AM&A's department stores.  The main department store was designed by Starrett & van Vleck and built in 1935, with additions made in 1946–1948. The service building and entrances date to 1909 and is a six-story, brick flat roofed commercial structure.  Two six story, brick commercial structures fronting on Washington Street were designed by Green & Wicks in the 1890s.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._N._Adam%E2%80%93AM%26A_Historic_District

## Sources

- J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._N._Adam%E2%80%93AM%26A_Historic_District

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District, Buffalo, NY." Record n-2ed4876441, release 2026-10-22, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/buffalo-j-n-adamam-a-historic-district/ (accessed 2026-10-22).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_buffalojnadamamahistoricdistrict,
  title = {J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District, Buffalo, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/buffalo-j-n-adamam-a-historic-district/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-2ed4876441, release 2026-10-22, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-22}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.