Henry Spann

Henry L. Spann (February 13, 1879 – October 3, 1946)[1][2] was a church and theater architect in Buffalo, New York.[3] He is credited with designing about a dozen of the city's theaters as well as ones in surrounding areas including Niagara, New York.[4] He built theaters for various owners.[5] He worked with his much younger brother William T. Spann who was also an architect.[6] Spann also designed buildings for Catholic institutions in the area.

Spann's theater designs for Michael Shea incorporated commercial space.[7]

The North Park Theatre he designed remains in existence and efforts were underway to preserve the Sattler Theater on Broadway.[8] Shea's Seneca commercial building section remains and was being proposed for National Register of Historic Places consideration in 2018.[9]

  1. ^ "Architect Spann Dies in Florida". Buffalo Evening News. October 4, 1946. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ Hill, Henry Wayland (1923). Municipality of Buffalo, New York: A History, 1720-1923, Vol. 4. New York & Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 377.
  3. ^ "Buffalo Theaters". buffaloah.com.
  4. ^ "Movie Theaters Designed by Henry L. Spann - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org.
  5. ^ "The American Contractor". F. W. Dodge Corporation. 13 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "BYP Uses Fundraiser Money to Secure Historic East Side Theater". 2013-02-18.
  7. ^ "Shea's Impact on Buffalo – Buffalo Rising". www.buffalorising.com.
  8. ^ "Non-Profit Completes Sattler Theater Purchase". 2008-08-21.
  9. ^ "Shea's Seneca Theater — Preservation-Ready Sites Buffalo".