Twentieth Century Commercial style
In the early 1900s a new commercial style developed as a blank" >target="_blank" >glossary/reaction/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="277ccc70a93f3e25c0b2c190430c7eb2" target="_blank" >reaction to the ornate Victorian architectural-styles/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="b0a8b5492135871e635958fba58bbc65" target="_blank" >architectural styles of the late 19th century. This style became popular because of its adaptability to a variety of building-types/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9691be1f1465f767e09faa74319a81ca" target="_blank" >building types, especially the new one-story, flat roofed commercial building, which appeared in the City of Buffalo in the early 1900s. The character of the Early Twentieth Century Commercial buildings is determined by the use of patterned masonry-wall/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="2b2d991efd6d4805009b13384caca713" target="_blank" >masonry wall surfaces, shaped parapets at the roofline that were often uninterrupted by a project cornice and large rectangular windows arranged in groups. The “window/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="f7718505315cce8bdac816f364e9a8af" target="_blank" >Chicago window,” a three-part window with a wide, fixed central light flanked by two narrower double-hung-window-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a45f7526729e61f17ff64daca331b63" target="_blank" >double-hung sashes, is a common feature. Identifying features of this style include a plain, flat appearance that is relieved by the use of panels of brick laid in patterns and sparingly used inset accents of tile, concrete, limestone or cotta-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="91d68f0dc983938e1e05a7c799848dcf" target="_blank" >terra-cotta/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a55ce3f4927337251d6a506f7a97069" target="_blank" >terra cotta.