page_title: Charles W. Goodyear House
section_title: Subsequent Owners
hierarchical_section_title: Charles W. Goodyear House / Subsequent Owners
caption_attribution_description: English: The stable at 888 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo
context_page_description: The Charles W. Goodyear House is located at 888 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York, part of the Delaware Avenue Historic District, a federally designated historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. The Châteauesque house was designed by prominent Buffalo architect Edward Green, of the Buffalo architecture firm Green & Wicks, and was completed in 1903 at a cost of $500,000. The home was built for Charles and Ella Goodyear. Goodyear was a founder and head of several companies including the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, Great Southern Lumber Company, and the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company, as well as a director of Marine National Bank, and General Railway Signal.
context_section_description: In 1940, shortly after Mrs. Goodyear's death, the mansion was sold to the "Hospital Service Corporation and the Western New York Medical plan," also known as the Blue Cross Corporation. At the time, it was reported that "with the exception of the kitchen and pantries and a few of the bedroom partitions, the house will not be changed by the hospital corporation."
  In 1950, the house was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo for $85,000 (equivalent to $885,000 in 2018), at which point it became the "Bishop McMahon High School." The first floor rooms including the den, living room, solarium, billiard room, dining room, in addition to the 11 bedrooms were converted to classrooms. The bedrooms adjoining bathrooms were converted into locker rooms for the students and the kitchen was converted to the senior class room.
  In 1988, the house was again sold, this time to the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo, managed by Kaleida Health, to be used as the "Robert B. Adam Education Center" as a home to several programs for children including a day care early childhood program.
  In 2005, the house was sold for $875,000 (equivalent to $1,122,000 in 2018), and today, is operating as a school again.  The current school, the "Oracle Charter School," was formed under the vision of "creating a small, caring, college prep high school" as an alternative to the large public high schools. The House underwent extensive renovation work, starting with a first phase in 2005, funded by a $300,000 stimulus grant through the "Charter Schools Institute," that included 13 classrooms, a cafeteria, renovations to the library and the gym/auditorium space. Additional phases focused on renovation of another five classrooms, plus science labs as well as reintroducing green space back to the site.
  Oracle Charter School closed in 2018 and the building was sold once again. It is currently being renovated into a boutique hotel.
caption: The stable at 888 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo
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