Columbia (steamer)
Excursion steamer in Buffalo, New York. Added to the National Register in 2017, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
SS Columbia is one of the last remaining excursion steamship from the turn of the 20th century in existence, the other being her running mate and sister ship SS Ste. Claire which was badly damaged in a fire in 2018. Both were designed by Frank E. Kirby and Louis O. Keil, interior designer. Columbia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. As of 2019, the vessel is docked at Silo City in Buffalo, New York while work is being done to rehabilitate it. However as of February 2024 the restoration group's website was offline and archived images showed no updates since 2021. In March 2024 a local news and events site described the vessel as "at risk" and their social media pages were offline.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Buffalo River, Buffalo, NY |
| County | Erie County |
| Listed | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Reference number | 79001171 |
| Type of place | steamboat |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Buffalo River, Buffalo, NY |
| Coordinates | 42.32657, -83.04369 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | River Raisin National Battlefield Park · 33 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 79001171. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.