Alexander Main Curtiss House / Ronald
McDonald House
780 West Ferry St., Buffalo, NY
Front entrance |
Vestibule:
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Arch with paneled soffit separates center hall and vestibule |
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A magnificent center staircase, the dramatic focus of the interior, dominates the center hall. A single broad flight of stairs divides into a double flight at the landing. |
The stair railings are set on very tightly spaced square spindles, which terminate without newel posts in spiral designs reminiscent of the Ionic column capitals of the portico. |
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Fireplace details: entablature and fluted pilaster |