Clement House/Red Cross - Table of Contents
Interior - Clement House/Red Cross Building
786 Delaware Avenue,
Buffalo, N.Y.
20 rooms in the house. Six bathrooms, each with its own full bath. |
Clement family in the house. Mr. Clement did not live to see his house finished. |
Portrait of Mrs. Carolyn Tripp Clement by Celia Beaux (1910) recently restored with donation by grandson Stephen Clement. |
Foyer, where guests would give their calling card to the butler. Interior walls throughout the house of Indiana limestone. |
Foyer with different lighting |
Detail of previous picture |
Foyer |
Foyer's coffered ceiling |
Tudor style doorway in foyer |
Front wardrobe room |
Front wardrobe room where guests left their wraps. Oak paneling from floor to ceiling. |
Reception room, now housing a conference table, where guests would wait to be received by the family. |
Two-story music room which housed an organ - now used as a conference room |
Music room. Measures 52X20. 2 1/2 stories high. |
Music room: walls are paneled in fine hand-rubbed oak. |
Music room |
Music room: "German silver" (silver over brass) chandelier |
Music room |
Music room |
Music room: inlaid parquet blocks with fret design at edges of the room |
Music room |
Music room |
Music room fireplace detail: sculptured marble; Tudor arch with tracery in brass screen |
Library: walnut paneled. |
Library |
Library: leaf and dart molding above egg and dart molding. |
Library |
Conservatory |
Copper lined Otis Elevator: the first elevator installed in a private residence in Buffalo - still in use. |
Main sources of information for this page:
- 1999, 2000 Preservation Coalition of Erie County tours; Greg Lodinski, tour guide
- "The Clement Building," a three-page handout by the American Red Cross which now occupies the building
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