On Monday afternoon, an unaccredited Facebook photo started circulating. The picture showed the damage that a Sunday and early Monday windstorm had caused to Transfiguration Church in East Buffalo. The roof and portions of the walls collapsed.
The church had fallen into disrepair over the years after the parish was shutdown in 1993. The former church building was sold in late 2017 to Daniel Britt who wanted to transform the building into a beer garden.
What does this damage mean for the the future of the site and what remains of the building? I’m sure we are going to find out soon.
That is so tragic – Transfiguration was a beautiful edifice. Back in about 1993 or so, after the Diocese had closed the church, I purchased and removed the Wurlitzer pipe organ which was installed up in the balcony. Of historical significance to the Wurlitzer history in the Buffalo area, is it carried the final Opus number (Opus 2238) of the pipe organs that the famed Wurlitzer company produced over the years, While not original to the church (it was moved there in 1947 and replaced an earlier instrument), the fact that it was the LAST organ produced does bear historical note.