Hewitt House / Inn Buffalo - Table of Contents
Hewitt
House / Inn Buffalo - Table of Contents
Rehab Discoveries
Herbert H. Hewitt House - Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood
619 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood - Official Website
2015
photos
 Cast iron post in basement ... Detail below:   Steel joist hanger  Steel joist hanger supporting horizontal joist  Electrical box  Pat. Aug 31, 1897  Hanging light fixture with both gas and electric turn knobs  Fixture with both both gas and electric turn knobs  Three wires, individually wrapped in rubber, with another rubber wrapping over the three  Original J. L. Mott Imperial porcelain laundry tubs with new plumbing fixtures  Nails  Electric conduit/ gas pipe fasteners.  Sink with disconnected legs .... 4 details below:  Detail #1 - Claw foot on the leg  Detail #2 -  Detail #3 - Underside  Photo courtesy of Joseph Lettieri. Detail #4 Manufactured Exclusively for the J. L. Mott Iron-Works New York Brown-Westhead Moore & Co. Cauldon Place Staffordshire, England By Royal Appointment Potters to Her Majesty Dieu Et Mon Droit (See center oval image explanation below:)  "The motto appears on a scroll beneath the shield of the English version of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom." - Image and caption source: Wikipedia: Dieu et mon droit (Online May 2015)  Copper lined, wooden (oak?) toilet tank decorated with plaster shells and ribbons  Wood from another identical toilet tank  Toilet tank fill assembly inside toilet tank (above)  Pull chain toilet bracket  Water manifold, red for hot water, blue for cold water, connecting to each water closet (full or half bath).  Clay tile basement drainage pipe  Paper weight - probably an advertising gift ... 2 other views below:  Paper weight, from the top  Paper weight, from the bottom  Thermostat: The pneumatic heat control thermostat manufacturer was Johnson Services of Milwaukee, WI, which patented the design in 1894... Photo courtesy of Joseph Lettieri  Photo courtesy of Joseph Lettieri  Carved wooden hot air ventilator cover used as decoration in a bedroom suite. |
