Shea's Buffalo Theatre - Table of Contents
Shea's Buffalo Theatre - Table
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Main Street Façade - Shea's Buffalo Theatre
646 Main Street, Buffalo, New York
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Main Street facade |
To the left of Shea's is the Otto Building, now named Theatre Place; originally designed for Delia L. Root to house retail stores. |
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Terra Cotta ornamentation |
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Five sets of double bronze glass paneled doors. |
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Lobby doors and ticket booth |
Fleur-de-lis - typical of French Baroque style of architecture. |
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Architectural Features
- Four story theater with Classical styling.
- Flat roof.
- Terracotta faces front facade.
- First floor polished stone and piers have glass advertisement panels.
- Oversize segmental arched window opening with molded surround.
- Recessed tripart window; 20 lights each, three light transoms.
- Window reveal decorated with rosettes and cable molding.
- Spandrels decorated with medallions and ribbons.
- Flanking window are molded piers decorated with ornamental panels enframing elliptical medallion with flower pattern.
- Frieze decorated swag, grapevine and foliate patterns.
- Dentiled cornice.
- South end bay has single entrance with double glass paneled doors with transom.
- Second through fourth floor windows: straight headed, 1/1 light. Below and above windows are molded panels.
