Fosdick-Masten Park High School

Fosdick-Masten Park High School, now known as City Honors School, is a historic public high school building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The school is located on a 5.2-acre (2.1 ha) site. It was designed by architects Esenwein & Johnson and is a 3+12-story H-shaped brick structure constructed in 1912–1914 and sheathed in white glazed terra cotta tile.[2]

Fosdick-Masten Park High School
City Honors School as viewed from Best Street, June 2006
Fosdick-Masten Park High School is located in New York
Fosdick-Masten Park High School
Fosdick-Masten Park High School is located in the United States
Fosdick-Masten Park High School
LocationMasten Ave. and E. North St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°54′11″N 78°51′38″W / 42.90306°N 78.86056°W / 42.90306; -78.86056
Built1912-1914
ArchitectEsenwein & Johnson
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Beaux Arts Classicism
NRHP reference No.83001672[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Notable alumni

A cartoon sketch of (then) Masten Park High School appears on the 1938 Goudey baseball card #269 of alumnus Frankie Pytlak.[4]

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