Resident of 506 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, in the Chilion M. Farrar House (Knights of Columbus Building)
A self-made man, Chilion M. Ferrar attained national leadership in the iron industry. He was a founder of the iron works known as Farrar & Trefts and invented the reversible steam engine. While he was a partner in this firm, it produced most of the engines used in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. A lifelong Mason, he served as treasurer and master of Hiram Lodge. Born in Detroit, Chilion Farrar lived in Buffalo during the most productive years of his life. He came to Buffalo in 1870 at the age of 21, and Buffalo was his home until his death in 1907.
Farrar married Elmira Sizer. They and their daughter, Anna, lived in a mansion commissioned by Chilion, from the 1870s when it was built, until Mr. Farrar's death. Anna continued to live in the house with her husband, John A. Holloway. Mr. Holloway was the brother-in-law of Richard Waite, which is probably how Waite obtained the commission from Mr. Farrar to design and build the mansion. Holloway's name is immortalized in Allentown's Holloway Alley, that runs behind 506 Delaware, between Park Street and Delaware Avenue and allows access to the mansions and houses on both Park Street and Delaware Avenue between Virginia Street and Allen Street.
According to popular tradition, a long room opened onto the spacious porch at which President McKinley paused for a chat with Chilion Farrar on the occasion of the President's ill-fated visit to the Pan-American Exposition.
Excerpt, Allenton Association's Allentown Historic District website, Buffalo, NY
A self-made man, Chilion M. Ferrar attained national leadership in the iron industry. He was a founder of the iron works known as Farrar & Trefts and invented the reversible steam engine. While he was a partner in this firm, it produced most of the engines used in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. A lifelong Mason, he served as treasurer and master of Hiram Lodge. Born in Detroit, Chilion Farrar lived in Buffalo during the most productive years of his life. He came to Buffalo in 1870 at the age of 21, and Buffalo was his home until his death in 1907.
Farrar married Elmira Sizer. They and their daughter, Anna, lived in a mansion commissioned by Chilion, from the 1870s when it was built, until Mr. Farrar's death. Anna continued to live in the house with her husband, John A. Holloway. Mr. Holloway was the brother-in-law of Richard Waite, which is probably how Waite obtained the commission from Mr. Farrar to design and build the mansion. Holloway's name is immortalized in Allentown's Holloway Alley, that runs behind 506 Delaware, between Park Street and Delaware Avenue and allows access to the mansions and houses on both Park Street and Delaware Avenue between Virginia Street and Allen Street.
According to popular tradition, a long room opened onto the spacious porch at which President McKinley paused for a chat with Chilion Farrar on the occasion of the President's ill-fated visit to the Pan-American Exposition.
Excerpt, Allenton Association's Allentown Historic District website, Buffalo, NY
Resident of 506 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, in the Chilion M. Farrar House (Knights of Columbus Building)
A self-made man, Chilion M. Ferrar attained national leadership in the iron industry. He was a founder of the iron works known as Farrar & Trefts and invented the reversible steam engine. While he was a partner in this firm, it produced most of the engines used in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. A lifelong Mason, he served as treasurer and master of Hiram Lodge. Born in Detroit, Chilion Farrar lived in Buffalo during the most productive years of his life. He came to Buffalo in 1870 at the age of 21, and Buffalo was his home until his death in 1907.
Farrar married Elmira Sizer. They and their daughter, Anna, lived in a mansion commissioned by Chilion, from the 1870s when it was built, until Mr. Farrar's death. Anna continued to live in the house with her husband, John A. Holloway. Mr. Holloway was the brother-in-law of Richard Waite, which is probably how Waite obtained the commission from Mr. Farrar to design and build the mansion. Holloway's name is immortalized in Allentown's Holloway Alley, that runs behind 506 Delaware, between Park Street and Delaware Avenue and allows access to the mansions and houses on both Park Street and Delaware Avenue between Virginia Street and Allen Street.
According to popular tradition, a long room opened onto the spacious porch at which President McKinley paused for a chat with Chilion Farrar on the occasion of the President's ill-fated visit to the Pan-American Exposition.
Excerpt, Allenton Association's Allentown Historic District website, Buffalo, NY
A self-made man, Chilion M. Ferrar attained national leadership in the iron industry. He was a founder of the iron works known as Farrar & Trefts and invented the reversible steam engine. While he was a partner in this firm, it produced most of the engines used in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. A lifelong Mason, he served as treasurer and master of Hiram Lodge. Born in Detroit, Chilion Farrar lived in Buffalo during the most productive years of his life. He came to Buffalo in 1870 at the age of 21, and Buffalo was his home until his death in 1907.
Farrar married Elmira Sizer. They and their daughter, Anna, lived in a mansion commissioned by Chilion, from the 1870s when it was built, until Mr. Farrar's death. Anna continued to live in the house with her husband, John A. Holloway. Mr. Holloway was the brother-in-law of Richard Waite, which is probably how Waite obtained the commission from Mr. Farrar to design and build the mansion. Holloway's name is immortalized in Allentown's Holloway Alley, that runs behind 506 Delaware, between Park Street and Delaware Avenue and allows access to the mansions and houses on both Park Street and Delaware Avenue between Virginia Street and Allen Street.
According to popular tradition, a long room opened onto the spacious porch at which President McKinley paused for a chat with Chilion Farrar on the occasion of the President's ill-fated visit to the Pan-American Exposition.
Excerpt, Allenton Association's Allentown Historic District website, Buffalo, NY
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