Fosdick-Masten Park High School
Fosdick-Masten Park High School, now known as City Honors School, is a historic public high school building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The school is located on a 5.2-acre (2.1 ha) site. It was designed by architects Esenwein & Johnson and is a 3+1⁄2-story H-shaped brick structure constructed in 1912–1914 and sheathed in white glazed terra cotta tile.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Notable alumni
- Frankie Pytlak, former Major League Baseball catcher
- John Wyatt, former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Lucille Clifton, African American writer and poet
In Popular Culture
A cartoon sketch of (then) Masten Park High School appears on the 1938 Goudey baseball card #269 of alumnus Frankie Pytlak.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fosdick-Masten Park High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs
- ^ "Frankie Pytlak". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323)". Trading Card Database. Retrieved 20 December 2022.