George Cary

George Cary (1859 – May 5, 1945),

Early life and education George Cary was born in 1859. He was one of seven children born to prominent Buffalo resident, Dr. Walter Cary (1818–1881) and Julia Cary (née Love).

Cary was the paternal grandson of Trumbull Cary (1787–1869), a New York State Senator and Assemblyman. which later became known as Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site as it was the site where Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901.

When the Exposition came to Buffalo, Cary became one of the three local architects on the Board of Architects for the Exposition and designed the Ethnology Building The pavilion was the only permanent building created for the Exposition and later became the Buffalo Historical Society, then the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, and today is the Buffalo History Museum. Allithea M. B. Cary (1913–1993), who married Francis E. Lango (1915–1969). who married Howard Bissell, Jr. (b. 1913), the nephew of Wilson S. Bissell, in 1936. Charles Cary (1916–1985), who married Rhoda Gordon Coogan, the granddaughter of Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1947.

Cary was a founder of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, served as president of the American Institute of Architects, of which he was a member for 53 years, a director of the Albright Art Gallery, member of the Fine Arts Academy.

Philanthropy In 1937, Cary donated what was then a 120 year old early American home to the city of Batavia, New York, for its restoration and preservation as an example of early American architecture. The city ultimately returned the donation stating that they could not use taxpayer dollars to fund and pay for the upkeep of the residence.

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