Frances Folsom Cleveland - Table of Contents
2007 - Folsom House
168 Edward Street, Buffalo, New York
Frances Folsom Cleveland
- Table of Contents
2007 - Folsom House
168 Edward Street, Buffalo, New York
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1863 |
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Italianate |
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Historical significance: |
Birth home of Frances Folsom (Cleveland) |
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Allentown Preservation District |
| Companion page: | 2010 - Illustrated Historic Sign |
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No. 168, Folsom House |
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Typical paired Italianate brackets and windows. |
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Looking north across the street on Edward Street. |
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Medina, NY |
Medina, NY |
Edward Street which, with Trinity, forms the Allentown Preservation District's southern boundary also marked the southern end of Judge Ebenezer Walden's vast Allentown land holdings.
The couple [Oscar and Emma Folsom] lived in a number of boarding houses while his career was getting started, not being able to afford anything more. However, in 1864 they occupied the house at 168 Edward Street, a quiet side street off Elmwood Avenue, in Buffalo where Frank [Frances] was born
Oscar built the sturdy red brick house in 1863 in anticipation of the birth of his first child. The house stood in Allentown (an area of Buffalo), named after Lewis F. Allen, who was a wealthy businessman, farmer, and orchard developer, and who was also Grover Cleveland's uncle.
