Questions regarding the history of Niagara Falls or the Local History Department can be emailed to [email protected] or call 716-286-4899 for more information
The Niagara Falls Local History department is located on the third floor of the Main Library, accessible by either stairs or an elevator. Local History is a research library containing extensive collections of books, photographs, maps, newspapers, videotapes, scrapbooks, and clipping files about Niagara Falls, both city and the cataract. These materials document the history of the Niagara Falls area from before the founding of the villages of Niagara Falls (1848), Niagara City (1854), (Suspension Bridge) and the present day Niagara Falls.
The mission of the Local History Department is to gather and make accessible any and all information that may be relevant to researchers of the people, events, architecture, history, genealogy and industry which shape Niagara Falls.
