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Top photo caption: Residence of Gen. Peter B. Porter, overlooking the Niagara [River], near Ferry Street. Built 1816. For many years the residence of the Hon. Lewis F. Allen, and for a short time of his nephew, Grover Cleveland. Torn down 1911. "The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo," Severance, Frank H., ed. Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 16, 1912, p. 256. (online) The top photo shows the Porter House as altered (especially roof and entrance) by Lewis Allen (he acquired the house in 1836). Photo at bottom is an early illustration of the 1816 house. Source of the bottom photo is the same.

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