Buffalo Seminary - Table of Contents

Exterior - Buffalo Seminary
205 Bidwell Parkway, Buffalo, NY

Completed:

1909
See also:
Highlights of Buffalo History, 1909

Architect:

George F. Newton

Style:

Jacobean Revival / Tudor Revival


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The Buffalo Female Academy is founded in 1851; the name is changed to The Buffalo Seminary in 1889


Drawing by architect George E. Newton

Light brick with limestone and terra cotta ornamentation.
Tudor Revival style.

Buttresses

Tudor Revival-style entrance, except that the arch is more Gothic Revival

The Buffalo Female Academy is founded in 1851; this building is erected in 1908

Terra cotta sculpture and multifoil ornamentation below

Terra cotta sculpture

Terra cotta sculpture

Terra cotta compound arch ... Transom window

Terra cotta sculpture on compound arch

Rear (Potomac) buttresses ... Traceried chapel windows


Buffalo Seminary Table of Contents

East elevation of Buffalo Seminary with West-Chester hall at the left




Special thanks to the administration for their cooperation, and especially to Nancy Miller and Gary Sutton for their assistance

Photos and their arrangement © 2004 Chuck LaChiusa
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