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Local Historic District (1978) State and National Historic District (1980) Lewis Falley Allen

 To Buffalo in 1827.  Worked as agent for Western Insurance Co.  1833 he and partners bought most of Grand Island.  Spent summers raising cattle on Grand Island on a 800-acre farm. Nationally known breeder.  Bought land in outskirts of Buffalo between Main and Hudson.  Allen Street named after Allen in 1888.  Married Margaret Cleveland, aunt of Grover Cleveland. 1800-1890 Buffalo Catholic Institute Public Library / Church of Scientology 836 Main St.

1872 … Beaux Arts Classicism Church of Scientology

Swan’s neck pediment with urn and wreath

Engaged, banded terra cotta columns Church of Scientology

Terra cotta window ears … Quoins with Vitruvian wave … Roman bricks Church of Scientology

Terra cotta fluted columns with bellflower garlands and ribbons Church of Scientology

Balustraded parapet … Cornice supported by modillions … Dentils Church of Scientology

Anthemia … Greek key … Dentil molding … Cartouche with logo

Granite Works 844-864 Main St.

C.1870 - C.1884 Granite Works 844 Main St.

C. 1880 … Eastlake Commercial style Eastlake Style 1870-1890

Named after Charles Eastlake, an English architect who wrote Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery & Other Details in 1868.

H. H. Richardson was one of the foremost proponents of the style.

The first machine-produced furniture. Eastlake Style 1870-1890 Features: Angular Notched Carved Jigsaw-shaped brackets, scrolls Beaded spindles Massive, oversized lathe-shaped porch posts, railings, balustrades, barge boards braces, pendants Granite Works

Eastlake cast iron columns made by Washington Iron Works Granite Works

Eastlake Commercial cornice and supporting brackets Granite Works

Eastlake

Granite Works 854 Main Street

C. 1870 … Romanesque Revival Commercial (third floor) 854 Main Street

Romanesque Revival … Brick corbel table … Brick voussoirs … Brick pilaster

Granite Works 864 Main Street

1872 … Second Empire 864 Main Street

Segmental limestone arch with incised keystone 864 Main Street

Slate(?) … Pyramidal roof … Straight mansard roof with dormers

Dr. Orson Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building 878 Main Street Dr. Orson Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building 878 Main Street

C. 1875 … Second Empire … Rehabbed 2008-2009 Dr. Orson Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building 878 Main Street

Transom light … Side lights Keystone.. Decorated spandrel

Marble fireplace

Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building

Solid cherry Solid cherry balusters and stair-ends Reproduction newel post Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building

Coffered ceiling, pocket door surround, wainscoting all solid cherry reproductions Hoyt House / ZeptoMetrix Building

Solid 8’ cherry reconstructed doors (and surrounds) throughout

Dr. & Mrs Oliver C. Read house 1 North Pearl Grocer Henry Hellriegel built ##1, 5, 9, 19, 29, 35, 38

Built 1880 … Real estate family: Read in 1885 … Italianate … Not front/side office addition 1 North Pearl

Voussoirs inside hooded window crown … Sawtooth course 1 North Pearl

Italianate double door Queen Anne bay

56 North Pearl Street

1870 … Italianate … Lot size 45 X 115 … Rounded windows … Double doors with transom 56 North Pearl Street

1870 … Italianate … Lot size 45 X 115 … Exceptional fretted Eastlake bargeboard, scalloped to frame a pair of round, framed, arched windows

17 North Pearl Street

Built 1890 … Second Empire … Lot size 45 X 115 … Mansard roofs … Porch not original Second Empire 1860s-1870s

• Napoleon III (Napoleon I’s nephew) • 1808-1873 • Ruled 1852-1870 • Paris Opera House 17 North Pearl Street

Straight mansard roof with pedimented dormers 17 North Pearl Street

Typical Second Empire ornamentation on doors … Original wrought iron?

47 North Pearl Street

1878 … Second Empire … 30 X 100 … Water table … 47 North Pearl Street

Straight mansard roof … Swan’s neck pediment … Slate roof 47 North Pearl Street

Water table … Original window?

34 North Pearl Street

Queen Anne … Tower with conical roof … Gable roof … Stone lintels and sills 34North Pearl Street

Decorated tympanum with wooden shingles and applied ornaments 34North Pearl Street

Applied bull’s eyes … Fanciful C scroll brackets 34North Pearl Street

Paired doors (original?) … Transom window … Unoriginal wrought iron

Dr. Matthew Mann House 37 Allen St.

C. 1900 … Queen Anne … Cross gables … Palladian window Dr. Matthew Mann House 37 Allen St.

Quintessential Queen Anne steeply pitched gable roof … Wooden shingles and Palladian window in tympanum Dr. Matthew Mann House 37 Allen St.

Copper modillions … Ionic/Tuscan column Dr. Matthew Mann House

Stained glass transom window and side lights

Cyrus Gorton House 441 Franklin St.

1870 … Second Empire … Don Gilbert, owner Cyrus Gorton House 441 Franklin St.

Mansard roof … Sash window dormers … Cornice supported by modillions … Dentil molding between modillions Cyrus Gorton House 441 Franklin St.

Window heads feature keystone, paired scrolls, gougework Cyrus Gorton House 441 Franklin St.

Restored plaster ceiling Cyrus Gorton House

Original shutters and hardware Cyrus Gorton House

Second Empire And … The end.

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