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