in
Buffalo, New York After graduation, Green worked as a junior architect with
William Miller in Ithaca for three years while teaching at Cornell for one year. In 1880, along with
William Sydney Wicks, an
M.I.T. architecture graduate, he opened a practice in
Auburn, New York, moving a year later to 69 Genesee Street in
Buffalo, New York, in 1881. and it includes such noteworthy structures as the
Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
Young Men's Christian Association Central Building, and
Twentieth Century Club (1894); all three listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. His public buildings include the
Buffalo Savings Bank, the Market Arcade, the Buffalo Crematory, and South Park High School,
The First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo,
Kibler High School,
Tonawanda Municipal Building, and
Dayton Art Institute (1930) among others. In Canada, Green made the designs for several structures owned by the
Ontario Power Company at
Niagara Falls, Ontario. He also designed and built many private residences, including the
Charles W. Goodyear Residence, Granger Mansion, and his own residence at 180 Summer Street, which is not visible from the road. During his 72-year career, he designed more than 370 major structures. More than 160 of his Buffalo buildings survive today. After the death of his partner Wicks in 1919, he continued the practice with his son, Edward B. Green Jr., and then with R.M. James from 1936 to 1950. ==Personal life==