13. Dun Building
110 Pearl Street
 The Dun Building (1894 -1895), 110 Pearl Street, was designed by E. B. Green and William S. Wicks who applied the Neoclassical style of horizontal buildings to a vertical tower, so the facade is divided into a series of multiple-story bands stacked one on top of the other.
Although the building has a supporting steel skeleton, the walls also had to be made load-bearing to give the very narrow structure more bracing against the strong winds off Lake Erie.
The building was named for the R. G. Dun Company, which later became Dun and Bradstreet.
At 10 stories, it was the first Buffalo highrise.
Text and photo courtesy of Chuck LaChiusa.
Credits
Scripts: Denise Prince and Jane Kwiatkowski
Voice: Christopher Jamele of Jamele Freelance Services
Audio production: John Davis of Eclectic Electric
This project was made possible in part with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Tour content courtesy of Buffalo Tours.
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