Unitarian Universalist Church - Table of Contents
Interior - Unitarian Universalist Church
695 Elmwood Avenue, at West Ferry, Buffalo, New
York
TEXT Beneath Illustrations
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Quatrefoil, and cinquefoil tracery |
Cinquefoil / ogee arched, crocketed carved oak choir screen (reredos) |
Cinquefoil / ogee arched, crocketed carved oak choir screen (reredos) |
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Cinquefoil / ogee arched, crocketed carved oak choir screen (reredos) on left side of the sanctuary |
Three carved corbels help support hammer beam roof |
Center carved, foliated corbel: "In Memory of Henry Mellen Kent." |
Left carved, foliated corbel: "I823," the birth date of Henry Mellen Kent. |
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Oak hammer beam roof |
Oak hammer beam roof |
Pendants, from which hang light fixtures |
East side of the nave and the choir loft above the south side (main entrance) of the church |
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Arts and Crafts style wrought-iron electroliers |
Nave stained glass windows |
Nave stained glass windows - detail |
Nave stained glass window - detail. This window is identical to the others in the nave except for the quote from the Bible |
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Oak hammer beam roof and choir loft |
Oak hammer beam roof with limestone supporting corbels |
Choir loft ... Gothic Revival multifoil / ogee arches around organ pipes |
Perforated wall supporting choir loft |
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Choir loft railing and top of supporting wall with Gothic Revival ornamentation |
Perforated wall supporting choir loft ... Gothic Revival ornamentation |
Church Directory Cover - not dated
The style of the interior is a combination of Gothic Revival (especially the sanctuary and choir loft) and Arts and Crafts (especially the oak hammer beam roof). The interior has been called one of the best Arts and Crafts spaces in Buffalo.Seating 800 people, the interior is unique in that it is not plastered, rather being finished entirely in stone (Indiana limestone) and oak. The oak hammer beam roof truss of the main auditorium is perhaps the most impressive of its kind in the city.
Notable features:
- Giant oak hammer beam spanning the crossing
- Ogee arched, crocketed carved oak choir screen (reredos) at the back of the sanctuary
- Wrought-iron electroliers
- Recurring lily motifs on the corbels and in the superb stained-glass windows
- The church's 10 Art Nouveau / Arts and Crafts stained-glass windows crafted by Harry E. Goodhue of Boston
On either side of the sanctuary, there are three corresponding corbels that memorialize the parents of the two architects of the church, Edward and William Kent.
