Millionaires' Row - Table of Contents
2016 Photos
Orin Foster House
891 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY
| Built: |
1904 |
Original owner:
|
Orin Foster. Co-founder of the Foster-Milburn Company, a manufacturer of patent medicines. (1840-1928) Foster and members of his family gave a $500,000 gift to the University of Buffalo for a "Hall of Chemistry," constructed in 1921. He was a member of the University Council. Foster Hall was the first building built by the university on the Main Street Campus. |
| Architect: |
Frank H. Chappelle |
| Style: |
Mediterranean Revival: Barely pointed arches. Arts & Crafts: Rafter tails supporting widely overhanging eaves |
| Exterior building material: |
Marble |
| 1977 owner: |
De Rose Food Brokers, Inc. |
| 2006 owner: |
Canisius High School. DeRose gifted the Foster House to Canisius |
| 2011 owner: |
Foster Manor LLC. Foster Manor LLC paid $850,000 for the property that includes the main 8,200-square-foot mansion and two large carriage houses. Collectively the buildings total 19,794-square-feet plus a 120 parking spaces inside a gated lot. |
| Status: |
Contributing member of the Linwood Local Preservation District |
Orrin Elliott Foster was born 17 May 1840 in At or near Colden, Erie, New York, and died 1928 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
Married: Emily L. Abt. 1876. She was born 1855 in Canada, and died Aft. 1930.
Emigration: Abt. 1875, From Toronto to New York.
Fact 1 (2): 08 Jan 1924, On passport ap, states his father is Loran Foster, born VT.
Naturalization: 08 Oct 1894, Became a citizen of USA.
Religion: E. Methodist
Residence 1: 1861, Newcastle, Durham County, Upper Canada
Residence 2: Abt. Nov 1840, Moved from New York to Upper Canada with parents.
Residence 3: 1880, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
More About Orrin Foster and Emily L.:
Marriage: Abt. 1876
Children of Orrin Foster and Emily L. are:
3 i. Fred L.4 Foster, born Abt. 1878 in Possibly, Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died Aft. 1880.
More About Fred L. Foster:
Residence: 1880, Buffalo, Erie, New York
4 ii. Edna Foster, born Abt. 1885 in Possibly Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died Aft. 1908.
More About Edna Foster:
Fact 1 (2) 1: 1907, on passport ap, single
Fact 2 (2) 2: 1908, Unmarried
5 iii. Helen Foster, born 17 Mar 1886 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York; died Aft. 1930.
More About Helen Foster:
Fact 1 (2): 1930, Unmarried
ED. NOTE: MONTGOMERY WEB PAGE SPELLS "ORRIN" - NOT "ORIN." Is hers a misspelling?
Cf, SUNY Buffalo: Orin Elliott Foster, 1840-1928
2016 Photos
Mediterranean Revival ...... Note carriage house in rear (detailed in next photo below:)
Carriage house in rear
Marble chimney and dormers
Broken rangework masonry
Voussoirs
Arts & Crafts style ribbon windows
Arts & Crafts style rafter tails supporting widely overhanging eaves
Arts & Crafts style rafter tails supporting widely overhanging eaves
Portico
Voussoirs
Voussoirs
Balustrade
Note rear carriage house at left
Rear carriage house
