Charles W. Goodyear House - Table of Contents
Exterior - Charles W. Goodyear House
888 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York
(in Delaware Preservation District)
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Completed: |
1902 Cost: $500,000 ($12,430,575 in 2007) |
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Architect: |
Green & Wicks |
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Style: |
Beaux Arts Classicism / French Renaissance Revival |
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Status: |
Delaware Avenue Preservation District / Millionaires' Row |
 1931 photo of front (east) elevation Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. . Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931 Illustration courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron  \1961
photo of front portico.
 1931 photo of main (north) entrance. Note canopy. Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. . Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931 Illustration courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron  1931 photo of rear (west) elevation Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. . Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931 Illustration courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron  Photo source: Bogalusa Story, p. 68 
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Facade  2015 photo Two and a half story house with a style derived from French Regency style
 Front (east)
elevation
Slate mansard roof
Originally,
the portico was
not
bricked
in
Eight Tuscan columns
in
first story center bay  Roundels in frieze
Abacus above Tuscan columns  Urn with gadroons  Brick corner quoins  Corbel supporting
brackets
for balconet
The
left
front complementing window and carved keystone
 Ornamentation ("guilloche") on balconet is commonly found in France  Corbel supporting
bracket for balconet  Female face carved in the keystone is complemented on the opposite left by male face  Stained glass transom on
right side (north) of front of house  Corbel supporting bracket for balconet Carved keystone Stained glass transom on left side (south) of front of house  Acanthus leaves
ornamentation in wrought iron balconet in
front of French doors (glass panes
extending for most of its length) |
North
elevation  Main entrance on the right side (north) of
the house
Note Stone belt course separating
the first and second
stories
Canopy over double doors
 Slate mansard roof
with straight sides
Dormers have
semicircular stone pediments,
large keystone,
and
carved pilasters
Note
oxidized roof cresting and parapet  Chimney with entablature: acanthus
leaves in frieze and drops below 
 Dormer: broken pediment, cartouche,
keystone,
block pilasters  Slate roof Dormer:
rounded broken pediment, cartouche,
keystone, block pilasters  Main entrance Delaware Avenue in the background  Cartouche Entablature over canopy  Cartouche 
  Portico to
right of main entrance (north
side): dentils; entablature above
square columns  Portico to
right of main entrance (north side): dentils in entablature above Doric square
columns which have stylized drops  Panel
with keystone surround, festoon,
and
stylized drops |
West
elevation  Cresting on mansard roof, dormers,
and chimneys |
Sources of information:
- 1999 Preservation Coalition tour and additional research by Greg Lodinsky, tour guide
- "A History of the City of Buffalo," published by the The Buffalo Evening News, 1908
- "Identifying American Architecture," by John J. Blumenson. New York: Norton. 1981
