Ransom Buffalow (1861–1922) was an architect in

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.Ransom Buffalow
Jacksonville Architure Buffalow was born in

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. He worked in Graham, Virginia,

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, and

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before moving to Jacksonville in 1910. He designed several homes in the Riverside and Avondale Historic District neighborhoods and is known for his work in the

Prairie School Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped ...

architectural style. He designed the Ransom Buffalow House (1922).Ransom Buffalow House
The Prairie School Traveler

Works

*William P. Baldwin residence at 1805 Copeland Street *Turner Z. Cason residence at 2331 River Boulevard (demolished) *2805 Riverside Avenue *2981 Riverside Avenue *Buffalow residence at 3305 Riverside Avenue (completed after his death)

References

1861 births 1922 deaths 19th-century American architects 20th-century American architects Architects from Jacksonville, Florida Architects from North Carolina {{Authority control