Esenwein & Johnson

It was a partnership of German-born August Esenwein (1856-1926) and James A. Johnson (1865-1939). The partnership was started in 1898;^[1] the firm designed "many of Buffalo's outstanding buildings including the Lafayette High School and the General Electric Building".^[2]

A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[3] In 2007, the Buffalo History Museum, then called the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, held an exhibition of their work entitled, "Art Nouveau and Other Expressions: Rediscovering the Architecture of Esenwein & Johnson."^[4]

Works include (with attribution):

• Ansonia Building (1906), 712-726 Main Street (at W. Tupper), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson)^[5]
• Automobile Club of Buffalo, 1910-1911, Clarence, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed ^[6]
• Bancroft Hotel, built 1912, 50 Franklin St. Worcester, Massachusetts (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[3]
• Buffalo Museum of Science, built in 1929, (Esenwein & Johnson)
• The Calumet (1906), 46-58 West Chippewa St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[7]
• Colonial Flats and Annex, 399-401 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, New York. Designed the "Annex" (1900), (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed.
• Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center, originally Fraternal Order of Orioles Headquarters (1914), 562 Genesee St., Buffalo New York (Esenwein & Johnson) ^[8]
• The Durant, 607 E. 2nd Ave. Flint, Michigan (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[3][9]
• Hotel Utica in Utica, New York
• Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, Built 1889 and demolished in 1940 (known as the Gerrans Building at that time) to make way of Bond Clothing Company Building (1940-1964) and now site of One M&T Plaza^[10]
• Fosdick-Masten Park High School,aka Masten Park High School (1914), Masten Ave. and E. North St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[3][11]
• General Electric Tower, aka Niagara-Mohawk Building and Electric Tower, 535 Washington St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[12][13]
• Louis Kurtzman House (1907-1909), 24 Lincoln Parkway, Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson)^[14]
• Lafayette High School, 370 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[3]
• Hotel Lafayette (1902), 391 Washington St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed
• Linde Air Products Factory (1910, 1911 Additions), 155 Chandler St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed
• The Niagara, 201 Rainbow Blvd. Niagara Falls, New York (Esenwein and Johnson of Buffalo, NY), NRHP-listed^[3]
• Portage Hotel, 10 N. Main St. Akron, Ohio (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed^[3]
• Robert Keating Root Building (1912), 70-86 West Chippewa Street, Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson)^[15]
• Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building (1909-1911), 465 Washington St., Buffalo, New York, NRHP listed^[16]
• John Sinclair House (1909-1911), 94 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), part of the NRHP-listed Parkside East Historic District^[17]
• Hotel Statler (original, c. 1908), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson)^[18]
• Taylor Signal Company-General Railway Signal Company (1902-1906), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson)^[19]
• Temple of Music (1901), Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson)^[20]
• United Office Building (1929), 222 1st Street, Niagara Falls, New York (James A. Johnson), NRHP-listed^[21]
• M. Wile and Company Factory Building, 77 Goodell St., Buffalo, New York (Esenwein & Johnson), NRHP-listed

A more complete list of works is found on the Buffalo Architecture and History web site.^[22]

• 
  Temple of Music (where President William McKinley was assassinated)
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  Lafayette High School
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  Bancroft Hotel
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  General Electric Tower
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  Grand Hotel Niagara
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  United Office Building
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  Taylor Signal Company-General Railway Signal Company
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  Buffalo Museum of Science
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  The Calumet
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  Hotel Lafayette
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  Iroquois Hotel
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  Hotel Statler (original)

• Esenwein & Johnson records 1891-1942: An inventory at EmpireADC.org, courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum.
• Esenwein & Johnson client list: A list courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum.