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Joseph Church House
54 Irving Place, Buffalo,
NY
| Original owner: |
Joseph Church Church's granddaughter, Olive Williams, was born and grew up here. |
| House built: |
1868 |
| Style: |
Italianate |
| Status: |
Contributing
member, Allentown
Historic District |
November 6, 2020 Photos
 Italianate style features belvedere and portico  Victorian chimney ... Belvedere  Modillions ... Dentil molding  Modillions ... Dentil molding ... Wooden stringcourse ... Brick voussoirs ... Brick running bond pattern  Stone (Indiana limestone?) sills below rounded Italianate windows  Stone (Indiana limestone?) sills below rounded Italianate windows  Portico with Tuscan order features  Tuscan entablature with dentil molding and unadorned frieze ... Tuscan column in front of Tuscan pilaster  Rounded transom window  Typical Italianate double doors  Portico balustrade features single vase balusters  |
 Text source: Sonia R. Efron, "Buffalo's Brick Italianates: An Allentown Legacy," 1994  The Franklin School, designed by Green & Wicks in 1894, was located at 146 Park St.  - Clinton Brown |