Church / Assembly House 150 - Table of Contents
2015 photos
Sanctuary
Immaculate Conception RC Church / Assembly House 150
146 Edward Street, Buffalo, New York
In Allentown Preservation
District
Sanctuary ... Altar removed before artist Dennis Maher bought the abandoned church ... A Maher sculpture, pictured below, replaces the altar. Altar sculpture by Dennis Maher ... Four details below: Altar sculpture - Detail # 1: left section Altar sculpture - Detail #2: center: doll house shell Altar sculpture - Detail #3: right section: cross-like shapes Altar sculpture - Detail # 4: bottom Broken pieces from the walls are displayed like excavated pieces from an archaeological dig ... Example below: Cloth reinforced plaster column capital Arcaded arches supported by columns ... Above and two lower arches at right are blind arcades ... Upper center section detailed below: Wooden lath-and-plaster beneath painted plaster ... Owner Dennis Maher intentionally leaves this lathing uncovered to reveal the structural details of the building |
Clearstory Stained Glass Windows Unknown studio Clearstory stained glass windows ... Each window is illustrated below, from left to right Clearstory stained glass windows: Far left window ... Two details below: Far left window - Detail # 1 - Cross bottony at top Far left window - Detail # 2 ... Hand painted medallions of saints ... Opalescent stained glass surrounding modillions Window #2 Window #3 detail Window #4 medallions Window #5 ... Mary ... Jesus wearing crown of thorns under the halo Window #6 ... Two of the Four Evangelists(?) ... Beardless John the Evangelist(?) at right Window #7 Window #8 Window #9 ... Far right window |
Photos and their arrangement © 2015 Chuck LaChiusa
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