Statue of Millard Fillmore

Background Millard Fillmore was born in 1800 in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York. In the 1820s, he moved to the Buffalo metropolitan area and began practicing law. primarily due to his stance on slavery. Bryant Baker, a world-renowned sculptor based in New York City, designed the statue, Both of these statues were crafted in 1930 and dedicated at the same time on July 1, 1932. The Fillmore statue was paid for by a $25,000 () appropriation from the New York State Legislature. The opinion piece was published following the Buffalo police shoving incident that occurred near the statue amidst the then-ongoing George Floyd protests and argued that Fillmore's legacy included supporting slave patrols and opposing civil rights for freedmen following the American Civil War. This opinion piece followed a 2015 request from the local NAACP chapter in Buffalo asking the city to cease naming things in honor of Fillmore. In response, in 2020, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown requested the city government to review all of the city's public monuments. == Design ==

The monument consists of a bronze statue of Fillmore atop a granite pedestal. The statue is roughly tall and occupies a square base with side measurements of , while the pedestal is and has length and width measurements of each. Fillmore stands wearing a Prince Albert coat and a cloak. The bottom front of the statue's bronze bears the sculptor's marks signature and year ("Bryant Baker 1932"), while the pedestal bears the following inscriptions: Additionally, the right side of the pedestal bears the city's seal. The statue is situated in a triangular plot outside of the city hall, at the southeast corner to the left of the front entrance. The statue of Cleveland is situated in a triangular plot on the other side of the entrance. == See also ==