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Buffalo is an internationally renowned city of architecture treasures. In fact, Buffalo is one of only two cities that can boast of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and H.H. Richardson, the architects commonly considered America's greatest.

Begin your tour of Buffalo's architecture at the Buffalo Niagara Visitor Center at the Market Arcade (617 Main Street, Buffalo). From the Arcade's rear entrance on Washington Street proceed to Chippewa Street and turn right. Notice the terra cotta façade of the Calumet Building at the corner of Franklin. Turn left on Delaware to Niagara Square. Pass the McKinley Monument, built to honor the memory of President William McKinley who was assassinated in Buffalo at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Take in the Art Deco grandeur of Buffalo's City Hall. Continue around the Square to Delaware and on to Church Street. Go left. At Pearl Street you'll pass Louis Sullivan's Guaranty Building and Richard UpJohn's St. Paul's Cathedral before crossing the trolley tracks of Main Street. On your right you'll see the Ellicott Square Building. At Ellicott Street you'll pass the Old Post Office, now the City Campus of Erie Community College.

Continue on South Division Street to Elm. Take a left and proceed north to Goodell Street. Take a left and proceed to Franklin Street past the Cyclorama Building. Take a right toward the Allentown district and notice the many beautifully restored homes from the late 19th century. At North Street take a left. At the corner of North and Delaware you'll pass by the 1) Jacobs Executive Development Center (the Williams-Butler Mansion) designed by the legendary firm of McKim, Mead and White and Mayfair Lane, designed by Buffalo's E.B. Green. When you reach Symphony Circle at the corner of North and Richmond notice the Birge Mansion on your right and the sleek modern architecture of Kleinhans Music Hall, designed by the renowned father and son collaborators, Eliel and Eero Saarinen

Go through the intersection and make a left into the Music Hall parking lot. Return on North Street to Delaware Avenue. Turn left and take in the city's "Millionaire's Row," a breathtaking collection of turn-of-the-century homes. Continue north on Delaware to West Delavan Avenue. Turn right into Forest Lawn Cemetery. Drive or stroll through the beautiful grounds and visit the gravesite of President Millard Fillmore.

When you leave the cemetery, go straight onto West Delavan Avenue. Turn right onto Chapin Parkway and take in another stretch of spectacular residences. At Soldier's Circle bear right onto Lincoln Parkway. At Forest Avenue make a left and proceed past Elmwood Avenue to the light at Richmond Avenue. Take a right into the traffic circle for a view of H.H. Richardson's Buffalo Psychiatric Center, a Romanesque monument that towers over the city's West Side. Proceed on Forest Avenue to Elmwood Avenue. Take a left on Elmwood Avenue and pass the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Take a right on Nottingham Terrace and pass the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Follow Nottingham to Amherst Street, turn right onto Amherst. Take a right on Parkside and pass the Buffalo Zoo. At Jewett Parkway go left two blocks to Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin Complex, the most extensive "Prairie Style" house Wright ever designed.

Quoted from greaterniagara.com.