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Williams-Butler
House - Table of Contents
Misc. rooms - Williams-Butler House / Jacobs
Executive Development Center
AKA The Butler Mansion
672 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY
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Reception Hall. Main entrance leads to porte-cochere. |
Reception hall entrance: detail of previous
photo. |
Reception hall: doors open to North Street. |
Reception Hall: detail from from previous photo |
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Reception hall stairway |
Reception hall: gold-plated, three-story chandelier |
Reception hall: precast plaster panels on ceiling |
Reception Hall: sconce |
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Reception Hall lloking into dining room. |
More below |
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Dining Room overlooking North St. |
Dining Room: quarter oak paneling and wainscoting |
Dining Room: cove lighting |
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Reception hall looking into the library |
Library: coffered ceiling made of deep-red Brazilian mahogany |
Library marble fireplace: a six-foot tall person easily walks under the mantle. |
Library marble fireplace entablaure |
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Origianlly, the library/living room walls were covered with old Italian brocade in dark red with dark red hangings at the windows and dark oak woodwork |
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Library marble fireplace details: sea creatures on frieze |
Sources:
- 2000 Preservation Coalition tour: Paul McDonnell, tour guide
- "A History of the City of Buffalo," published by the The Buffalo Evening News, 1908
- Classic Buffalo: A Heritage of Distinguished Architecture
