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The Central ParkThe Central ParkNeighborhoodNeighborhood
© 2012 Chuck LaChiusa
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1868-1898Olmsted & VauxPark & Parkway
System
Frederick Law Olmsted
Calvert Vaux
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Louis J. Bennett1833-1925
To Buffalo in 1866 from Fultonville,NY, in the Mohawk Valley.
Spaulding & Bennett built ironbridges.
Founded Buffalo Cement Co.
Developed Central Park.
Donated land for Bennett H.S. west ofBuffalo Cement Co. quarry.
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Louis J. Bennett
Otowega Club, Starin &Linden (demolished 1940s)
Burke’s Green.Across the street
from Bennett’shome.
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Belt Line Railroad
• 1896•
Belt Line Railroad Bennett Station at 10 Starin at Amherst St.
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Depew AvenueNamesake
Yale, 1856
US Senator
President of NY Central Rail
Bennett’s co, built ironbridges for NY Central
Bennett and Depew activemembers of the RepublicanParty
NY State Secretary of State Nephew was Ganson Depew,Buffalo
Chauncey M. Depew1834-1928
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William H. Bayliss House360 Depew Avenue
1935 … Tudor Revival … On the Louis J. Bennett House site
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William H. Bayliss House360 Depew Avenue
Terra cotta chimney pots … Slate roof
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William H. Bayliss House
Half-timbering with basket weavebrick bond …
Label molding with stops …String course …
Balconette
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William H. Bayliss House360 Depew Avenue
Half-timbering with stucco … Copper roof
ShakespeareHouse,
England
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William H. Bayliss House
Ogee arch (Tudor) over diamond-shape leaded glass
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Edward J. Barcalo House371 Depew Avenue
1907 …Founder of Barcalo
Co. …Green & Wicks …
Arts & Crafts/Colonial Revival
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Edward J. Barcalo House371 Depew Avenue
Portico …Entablature …Tuscan columns
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Edward J. Barcalo House371 Depew Avenue
Craftsman brackets … Colonial Revival fanlight and leaded glass
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Edward J. Barcalo House371 Depew Avenue
Arts & Crafts knee brace brackets … Onondaga limestone
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Edward J. Barcalo House371 Depew Avenue
Rafter tails
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Irvine J. Kittinger House226 Depew Avenue
1927 … Georgian Revival
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Irvine J. Kittinger House226 Depew Avenue
Irvine joined the Colie & Son furniture manufacturers in 1904 …1913 Irvine and brother Ralph buy the co. President & V-P.
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Irvine J. KittingerHouse
Portico: Broken pedimentsupported by blockmodillions…Engaged columns flankentrance…Transom light…Side lights
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Irvine J. Kittinger House
Slate roof … Dormer: broken pediment, keystone, fanlight, pilasters
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Irvine J. Kittinger House
Flemish bond …Keystone … Voussoirs …8 over 12 lights
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Ralph G. Kittinger House234 Depew Avenue
1920 … Georgian Revival
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Ralph G. Kittinger House
Modillions
French doors
Round columns andpilasters
Transom and side lights
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Ralph G. Kittinger House
Block modillions … Gouged dentils
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Ralph G. Kittinger House
Leaded glass (etched) fanlight
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Ralph G. Kittinger House
Keystone …Brick voussoirs …
Fanlight …French doors
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James B. Craven House278 Depew Avenue
1894 … John Coxhead, architect … Colonial Revival …1927-84 Charles Bassett, Vice-President of the Buffalo Meter Co.
(Bethune Hall)
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James B. Craven House278 Depew Avenue
Ribbon dormer windows … Modillions … Ionic columns
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James B. Craven House278 Depew Avenue
Slate roof …Dentil molding …Tuscan pilasters
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James B. Craven House
Ionic columns … Medina sandstone
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James B. Craven Hous
Medina sandstone capitals with acanthus leaves ornamentation
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310 Depew Avenue
1912 … Colonial Revival / Craftsman
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310 Depew Avenue
Craftsman /Arts & Crafts: Widely overhanging eaves supported byrafter tails … Onondaga limestone pillars … Leaded side lights
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310 Depew Avenue
Rafter tails … Roman Doric columns
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310 Depew Avenue
Onondaga limestone …Broken rangework masonry
(horizontal courses of differentheights) ,,,Rafter tails
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310 Depew Avenue
Porte-cochere
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67 Beard Ave.1910
Queen Anne style
Note: Conical roofs,columns
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67 Beard Avenue
Note: Porch crawl space,columns
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67 Beard Ave.
Gable roof…
Triangularpediment
…Plaster(?)tympanum
…Sleeping porch
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67 Beard Avenue
Sunburst spandrel panel…
Oriel supported by corbel
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67 Beard Avenue
Two terra cotta chimney caps…
Conical roof…
Tower with two different woodenshingles
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Central Park United Methodist Church16 Beard Avenue
1921-23 … Chas. Bolton & Son, architect … English Gothic style
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Central Park United Methodist Church
Crenelated tower is a feature of English Gothic churches
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Central Park UnitedMethodist Church
Pinnacles topped by finials
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Central Park United Methodist Church
Paired bays
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214 Morris AvenueFormerly 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. Twoof John’s sisters were married to prominent Buffalo businessmen.
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214 Morris Avenue
1910 … Queen Anne/Colonial
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214 Morris Avenue
Porte-cochere … Rounded bay with decorative brick work
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214 Morris Avenue
Queen Anne decorative brick work
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214 Morris Avenue
Fluted (Greek) Ionic columns …Onondaga limestone foundation
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82 Morris Avenue
1920 … Eclectic: Tudor Revival/Colonial Revival
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82 Morris Avenue
Eyebrow attic dormer with fanlight … Modillion brackets
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82 Morris Avenue
Second story leaded (“came”) tripart window
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82 Morris Avenue
Tudor Revival arch plank door and surround flanked by a Gibbssurround (James Gibbs: 1682-1754) … Side lights
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82 Morris Avenue
Colonial Revival/Federalparapet
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