St. Mary's School for the Deaf - Table of Contents

Exterior - St. Anthony Hall
St. Mary's School for the Deaf
2253 Main Street, Buffalo, NYd

2016 photos

Photo courtesy of St. Mary's School for the Deaf Georgian Revival Style Gable roof  cornice supported by modillions ... Brick quoins ... Four details below: Detail #1 - 4 over 4 lights ... Scroll buttresses flank panel Detail #2 - Indiana limestone ... Keystone ... Shell and garland enrich the m Detail #3 - Scroll buttresses flank panel ... Corinthian  pilasters Detail #4 - Corinthian capital tops fluted shaft on pilaster de l'Épée: Founder of the first public school for the deaf in France ... In August 1930, the Third World Congress of Educators of the Deaf was held in Buffalo. Some 3,000 educators were present from all over the world. During this event, the National Association of the Deaf presented St. Mary's with a statue of Abbe de L'Epee (who had opened the first school for the deaf in Paris, France). This bronze monument is the work of Eugene A. Hannan, a deaf sculptor    ...   " Hannan was born and raised in D.C. and attended Kendall Deaf School. He went to Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Art & Design School, even went to Paris, Italy, and Spain to study art. He resided in Westport, CT. He sculpted that statue in Paris and it was placed at St. Mary's school. He has several sculpted works in the public areas including Connecticut." - Kathleen Brockway, Deaf Historian Two details below: