George A. Austin House - Table of Contents

First Floor Interior - George A. Austin House
204 Bidwell Parkway, Buffalo, NY

Entry hall Entry hall paneled oak door and stained glass side light                  Four details below: Detail #1                  Quartersawn oak paneled door Detail #2                         Arts & Crafts style  stained glass side light                       Opalescent glass center medallion Detail #3                                   Typical Arts & Crafts style flower Detail #4 Bidwell Parkway seen through the entry hall window                                 Sash windows                                 Wooden diamond motif found on windows throughout the house Arts & Crafts (Craftsman) style staircase                                     White paint is probably not original                                 Detail below: Entry hall fireplace                                   Two details below: Entry hall fireplace detail                                 Modillions with acanthus leaf support mantel                                 Dentil molding between modillions                                  Spandrelsfoils Entry hall fireplace detail                                    One of two andirons topped with ball finial and Ionic capital French doors leading to entry hall

Living room Living room                                 Bidwell Parkway through the windows                                    Note diamond shape muntins Living room                                  Typical Arts & Crafts style tulips                                 Two details below:   Living room                                    Tulip motif Living room Living room                                  Three fireplace details below: Living room                                     C scroll  supports under mantel Living room  C scroll  supports under mantel                           Ogee arches Living room                            Bead-and-reel just below mantel                           Corbel table

Dining room Dining room                          Room behind is the living room                           Room to right is the entry hall Dining room                          Each room in the house has different ceiling molding Dining room                           Fireplace column detail below: Dining room                           Acanthus leaves decorate column capital                          Foils decorate spandrel Dining room Arts & Crafts style built-in china cabinet                          Five details below: Dining room built-in china cabinet                           Detail #1 Dining room built-in china cabinet                         Detail #2                           Brackets decorated with acanthus leaf Dining room built-in china cabinet                         Detail #3 Dining room built-in china cabinet                                                Detail #4                           Arts & Crafts style stained glass Dining room built-in china cabinet                         Detail #5                        Came (lead) is solder reinforced

Miscellany Kitchen:  Original chimney for wood burning stove (removed) Family room created by removing the kitchen exterior wall and enclosing an outdoor porch Half-bathroom sink