John D. Larkin - Table of Contents
John Durrant Larkin Jr. House
65 Lincoln Parkway, Buffalo, New York
John D. Larkin - Table of Contents
John Durrant Larkin Jr. House
65 Lincoln Parkway,
Buffalo, New York
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1915 |
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Wood & Bradney |
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Originally the John Durrant Larkin Jr. House and one of five houses in Larkland |
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Colonial Revival |
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1981 and 1999 Junior League of Buffalo and The Buffalo News Decorators' Show House |
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Other Lincoln Parkway Homes Buffalo Park and Parkway System |
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Bust of John D. Larkin in solarium |
John D. Larkin. |
The Onondaga limestone wall along Lincoln Pkwy. just to the north (left) of the gates to 65 Lincoln Pkwy |
Architects: McCreary, Wood & Bradney |
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Rear of house on Forest Ave. Main feature is the white-painted solarium |
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Solarium |
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Solarium marble fountain. Note marble floor. |
First floor. Except for solarium, all floors are of quarter-sawn oak. |
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First floor. Original to house. |
First floor |
First floor |
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Second floor bedroom. Typical door throughout house |
Second floor bedroom. |
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Second floor walk-in closet. |
- Built for John Jr.
- Designed in 1912 by Wood & Bradney
- Completed by 1915. Deeded to John Jr. in 1917
- See also: Highlights of Buffalo's History, 1915
- Presently (2001) owned by Buffalo Seminary and known as the "Larkin House"
John Durrant Larkin Jr.
- b. 1877
- Attended Lafayette College 1896-97
- M. Edna Crate in 1900
- Three children: J. Crate, John III, and Mary Frances
- Hired by Larkin company in 1898
- Worked as general manager, assistant to Treasurer, Darwin Martin, and elected president of Larkin company after his father died
- 65 Lincoln Parkway completed by 1915 and deeded to him in 1917
- After the death of her parents in 1945 and 1948, the task of going through their belongings and extensive collections fell to their only daughter, Mary Frances Larkin Kellogg. To make the job easier, she and her husband, Howard Kellogg, Jr. (grandson of the founder of Spencer Kellogg Company), moved into 65 Lincoln with their six children. The Kelloggs continued to live in the house until 1954 when it was acquired by The Buffalo Seminary through the generosity of the Larkin family.
- In 1909 Larkin purchases a parcel of Rumsey's Woods (Ansley Wilcox represented Rumsey estate)
- Names the Lincoln Pkwy./Windsor Ave../Forest Ave../Rumsey Rd. block "Larkland"
- Limestone wall surrounding the block begun almost immediately
- The houses for the three sons were completed by 1915 and deeded to the children in 1917
- A service road cut through the block from Rumsey Road to Forest Avenue which provided for delivery of coal and other necessaries. In the center of the block was the large garage for 107 Lincoln with an apartment for Charles Pratt, the chauffeur, and his family, and next came the greenhouses and utility buildings.
- Each of the other three houses on the block had its own garage with an apartment for the chauffeur and his family, and each of the houses had its heating plant in the garage basement with a connecting tunnel for the steam pipes.
- Stables, garages for all the houses designed in 1913 by Wood & Bradney. The firm is best known for the Sidway and Spaulding building at Main & Goodell.
- Bradney lived at 547 Franklin
Sources:
- "John D. Larkin: A Business Pioneer," by Daniel I. Larkin. Pub. by Western New York Wares, 1998
- "The Buffalo Seminary Larkin House," by Bonnie Bristol Clesse and Mary Beth Parrinello. Pub. by the Junior League
