Fosdick-Masten_Park_High_School References

	Fosdick-Masten Park High School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	City Honors School as viewed from Best Street, June 2006
Location	Masten Ave. and E. North St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°54′11″N 78°51′38″W / 42.90306°N 78.86056°W
Built	1912-1914
Architect	Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, Beaux Arts Classicism
NRHP reference No.	83001672
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1983

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+1⁄2-story H-shaped brick structure constructed in 1912–1914 and sheathed in white glazed terra cotta tile.^[2]

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

Notable alumni

Frankie Pytlak, former Major League Baseball catcher^[3]
John Wyatt, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Lucille Clifton, African American writer and poet

In Popular Culture

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fosdick-Masten Park High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs
^ "Frankie Pytlak". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ "1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323)". Trading Card Database. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

External links

From Masten Park High School to City Honors: The Story of a School Site

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NysNrhpNom-2] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fosdick-Masten Park High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs

[3] "Frankie Pytlak". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[4] "1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323)". Trading Card Database. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

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