De Laplante House - Table of Contents

Exterior - De Laplante House
152 Soldiers Place, Buffalo, New York

Erected:

1906

Architect:

?

Style:

Tudor Revival
Original owner:
Albert J. Delaplante

Associated with Beaver Lumber Co. (?)

"The Vaux Company has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000 to carry on the business of steam heating. The directors are Fred G. Vaux, Albert J. De Laplante, William H. Bean and Jackson A. McBurney." - Domestic Engineering and the Journal of Mechanical Contracting,  Volume 26, Issue 5






Source: Beautiful Homes of Buffalo, 1915, Figuree  8.
Note the  porch,
very different from the one pictured below.



Details, from the top, below:


Brick chimney with corbeling ..... Half-timbering, using painted wooden shingles between the timbers ..... Plain vergeboards




Tripart  window




Stone window surround, including lintel, left side Gibbs surround, and sill








Half-timbering, using painted wooden shingles between the timbers






Cushion capitals





Living ro leaded, beveled glass with reflections of foliage from the front yard trees




Opalescent stained glass








South and east elevations









Special thanks to 2011 owners Julie and Cutler Greene for their cooperation

Photos and their arrangement © 2011 Chuck LaChiusa..
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