Historic photo

Colonial Revival

Dormers

• Swan's neck pediment
• Paneled pilasters
• Slate sides

Dormer

• Swan's neck pediment with urn finial
• Dentil molding accented with contrasting paint colors - a labor of love

• Dentil molding beneath overhanging cornice
• Applied geometric trim on frieze
• Fluted columns
• Turned balustrade

• Dentil molding beneath overhanging cornice
• Applied geometric trim on frieze
• Fluted columns
• Rosettes on capital

Front entrance

• Simple entablature at top of surround
• Paneled jambs
• Applied oval ornamentation on bottom panels

South side of house features Palladian window

North side of house

• Copper hipped roof over side door
• Chimney brick pattern both contrasts and mimics painted wooden shingles

Ancones and leaded, bowed oriel windows support jetty

An excerpt from
Oakland Place: Gracious Living in Buffalo
By Martin Wachadlo

Published by Buffalo Heritage Unlimited

This is Oakland Place's most effervescent rendition of the Colonial Revival style. The balanced façade is fronted by a full-width porch supported by fluted Tuscan columns, while above on the second story, oriels flank a pair of oval windows. 

The high hip roof is pierced by numerous dormers topped with broken swan's neck pediments and finials, and the roofline was originally crowned with a balustrade. 

The north façade is especially interesting: delicate oriel windows of curved leaded glass flank the massive chimney. The projecting second floor shelters them and enfolds the chimney. In a departure from the usual clapboards, the entire exterior is clad in alternating wide and narrow bands of shingles.