The Central Park Neighborhood 2012 Chuck LaChiusa
BuffaloAH.com
Frederick Law Olmsted 1868-1898 Olmsted & Vaux Park & Parkway System Calvert Vaux
Louis J. Bennett 1833-1925 To Buffalo in 1866 from Fultonville, NY, in the Mohawk Valley. Spaulding & Bennett built iron bridges. Founded Buffalo Cement Co. Developed Central Park. Donated land for Bennett H.S. west of Buffalo Cement Co. quarry.
Louis J. Bennett
Louis J. Bennett Burke s Green. Across the street from Bennett s home. Otowega Club, Starin & Linden (demolished 1940s)
Belt Line Railroad 1896 Belt Line Railroad Bennett Station at 10 Starin at Amherst St.
Depew Avenue Namesake Yale, 1856 US Senator President of NY Central Rail Bennett s co, built iron bridges for NY Central Bennett and Depew active members of the Republican Party NY State Secretary of State Nephew was Ganson Depew, Buffalo Chauncey M. Depew 1834-1928
William H. Bayliss House 360 Depew Avenue 1935 Tudor Revival On the Louis J. Bennett House site
William H. Bayliss House 360 Depew Avenue Terra cotta chimney pots Slate roof
William H. Bayliss House Half-timbering with basket weave brick bond Label molding with stops String course Balconette
William H. Bayliss House 360 Depew Avenue Shakespeare House, England Half-timbering with stucco Copper roof
William H. Bayliss House Ogee arch (Tudor) over diamond-shape leaded glass
Edward J. Barcalo House 371 Depew Avenue 1907 Founder of Barcalo Co. Green & Wicks Arts & Crafts /Colonial Revival
Edward J. Barcalo House 371 Depew Avenue Portico Entablature Tuscan columns
Edward J. Barcalo House 371 Depew Avenue Craftsman brackets Colonial Revival fanlight and leaded glass
Edward J. Barcalo House 371 Depew Avenue Arts & Crafts knee brace brackets Onondaga limestone
Edward J. Barcalo House 371 Depew Avenue Rafter tails
Irvine J. Kittinger House 226 Depew Avenue 1927 Georgian Revival
Irvine J. Kittinger House 226 Depew Avenue Irvine joined the Colie & Son furniture manufacturers in 1904 1913 Irvine and brother Ralph buy the co. President & V-P.
Irvine J. Kittinger House Portico: Broken pediment supported by block modillions Engaged columns flank entrance Transom light Side lights
Irvine J. Kittinger House Slate roof Dormer: broken pediment, keystone, fanlight, pilasters
Irvine J. Kittinger House Flemish bond Keystone Voussoirs 8 over 12 lights
Ralph G. Kittinger House 234 Depew Avenue 1920 Georgian Revival
Ralph G. Kittinger House Modillions French doors Round columns and pilasters Transom and side lights
Ralph G. Kittinger House Block modillions Gouged dentils
Ralph G. Kittinger House Leaded glass (etched) fanlight
Ralph G. Kittinger House Keystone Brick voussoirs Fanlight French doors
James B. Craven House 278 Depew Avenue 1894 John Coxhead, architect Colonial Revival 1927-84 Charles Bassett, Vice-President of the Buffalo Meter Co. (Bethune Hall)
James B. Craven House 278 Depew Avenue Ribbon dormer windows Modillions Ionic columns
James B. Craven House 278 Depew Avenue Slate roof Dentil molding Tuscan pilasters
James B. Craven House Ionic columns Medina sandstone
James B. Craven Hous Medina sandstone capitals with acanthus leaves ornamentation
310 Depew Avenue 1912 Colonial Revival / Craftsman
310 Depew Avenue Craftsman /Arts & Crafts: Widely overhanging eaves supported by rafter tails Onondaga limestone pillars Leaded side lights
310 Depew Avenue Rafter tails Roman Doric columns
310 Depew Avenue Onondaga limestone Broken rangework masonry (horizontal courses of different heights),,, Rafter tails
310 Depew Avenue Porte-cochere
67 Beard Ave. 1910 Queen Anne style Note: Conical roofs, columns
Note: Porch crawl space, columns 67 Beard Avenue
67 Beard Ave. Gable roof Triangular pediment Plaster(?) tympanum Sleeping porch
67 Beard Avenue Sunburst spandrel panel Oriel supported by corbel
67 Beard Avenue Two terra cotta chimney caps Conical roof Tower with two different wooden shingles
Central Park United Methodist Church 16 Beard Avenue 1921-23 Chas. Bolton & Son, architect English Gothic style
Central Park United Methodist Church Crenelated tower is a feature of English Gothic churches
Central Park United Methodist Church Pinnacles topped by finials
Central Park United Methodist Church Paired bays
214 Morris Avenue Formerly the Church s parsonage. One of the few doubles in CP. Morris Avenue is named after Bennett s brother-in-law s family. John Vedder Morris married Bennett s younger sister, Maria. Two of John s sisters were married to prominent Buffalo businessmen.
214 Morris Avenue 1910 Queen Anne/Colonial
214 Morris Avenue Porte-cochere Rounded bay with decorative brick work
214 Morris Avenue Queen Anne decorative brick work
214 Morris Avenue Fluted (Greek) Ionic columns Onondaga limestone foundation
82 Morris Avenue 1920 Eclectic: Tudor Revival/Colonial Revival
82 Morris Avenue Eyebrow attic dormer with fanlight Modillion brackets
82 Morris Avenue Second story leaded ( came ) tripart window
82 Morris Avenue Tudor Revival arch plank door and surround flanked by a Gibbs surround (James Gibbs: 1682-1754) Side lights
82 Morris Avenue Colonial Revival/Federal parapet
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