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Charles W. Goodyear House - Table of Contents
Exterior - Charles W. Goodyear House
/ Oracle School
888 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York
(in Delaware Preservation District)
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Completed: |
1902 Cost: $500,000 ($12,430,575 in 2007) |
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Architect: |
Green & Wicks |
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Style: |
Beaux Arts Classicism / French Renaissance Revival |
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Status: |
Delaware Avenue Preservation District / Millionaires' Row |
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Two and half story house with a style derived from French Regency Style |
Main entrance on the right side (north) of the house. |
Eight Tuscan columns in first story center bay |
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Urn between pairs of columns |
Acanthus leaves ornamentation |
Brick corner quoins |
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The left front complementing window and carved keystone |
Female face carved in the keystone |
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Stained glass transom |
Main entrance. Canopy over double doors. |
Delaware Avenue in the background |
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Entablature over canopy |
Portico to right of main entrance (north side) |
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Portico to right of main entrance (north side) |
Slate mansard roof with straight sides. |
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Dormer: broken pediment, cartouche, keystone, block pilasters |
Chimney entablature: acanthus leaves in frieze |
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1961 photo of front portico. Note that portico is not bricked in |
1931 photo of front (east) elevation |
1931 photo of main (north) entrance. Note canopy. |
1931 photo of rear (west) elevation |
Photo source: Bogalusa Story, p. 66
Photo source: Bogalusa Story, p. 68
Sources of information:
- 1999 Preservation Coalition tour and additional research by Greg Lodinsky, tour guide
- "A History of the City of Buffalo," published by the The Buffalo Evening News, 1908
- "Identifying American Architecture," by John J.-G Blumenson. New York: Norton. 1981