History - Lafayette Avenue

650 Lafayette Avenue
Buffalo, NY

  • Ca. 1914
  • 2 1⁄2-story front gable frame house with modest Colonial Revival styling.
  • Stone foundation, wood clapboard siding, asphalt roof.
  • Large projecting side entry.
  • Majority 1/1 double hung wood windows.
  • Front facade central partial width shallow hipped porch with Doric supports and iron  balustrade.
  • Closed gable end with multi-light Palladian window.
  • Contains contributing flat roof frame secondary building (garage).
-  Elmwood East Nomination for the National Register of Historic Places, Section 7, p. 183
Facade
July 2018 photos




Colonial Revival style   ...   Details below, starting at the top:


Palladian window



Doric columns and pilaster


 Doric columns and pilaster and iron  balustrade



Side entry with  large canopy



Side entry:    Pilasters  ...  Sidelights    ...    Blind arch with keystone and fan decoration   ...    Large canopy



Wing on right side (east) of the house


Photos and their arrangement © 2018 Chuck LaChiusa
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