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The 1870s were a busy time in Buffalo history- and the neighborhood now surrounding The Place was just beginning to develop and grow. It was a relatively rural district north of the main city, with orchards, farms, and a few rutted dirt and plank roads moving carriages and people across to the Niagara River or the Erie Canal the main hubs of transit in those years. The building that later became The Place was constructed in the late 1870s, the earliest known occupant being Mr. Jacob Beier (sometimes spelled "Beyer"). A transplant from the heavily German neighborhood of the Fruit Belt, He eventually opened a saloon at 229 Butler Place; it was only later that the street was renamed "Lexington." Just a short distance from the major commercial zone at Black Rock, the location was surely a convenient stopping point for both businessmen and workers. Shifting from German to Irish ownership, Edward C. Donnelly took over the property. The 1870s were a busy time in Buffalo history- and the neighborhood now surrounding The Place was just beginning to develop and grow. It was a relatively rural district north of the main city, with orchards, farms, and a few rutted dirt and plank roads moving carriages and people across to the Niagara River or the Erie Canal the main hubs of transit in those years. The building that later became The Place was constructed in the late 1870s, the earliest known occupant being Mr. Jacob Beier (sometimes spelled "Beyer"). A transplant from the heavily German neighborhood of the Fruit Belt, He eventually opened a saloon at 229 Butler Place; it was only later that the street was renamed "Lexington." Just a short distance from the major commercial zone at Black Rock, the location was surely a convenient stopping point for both businessmen and workers. Shifting from German to Irish ownership, Edward C. Donnelly took over the property.

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