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Allentownallentown AllentownAllentown ©© 20132013 ChuckChuck LaLa ChiusaChiusa BuffaloAH.com Allentown 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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