Heiser House - Table of Contents

2013 photographs
Exterior - Heiser House

4558 South Park St., corner of Big Tree, Hamburg, NY

Offices of Baer & Associates, LLC

Built:
1901-03
Architect:
?
Style:
Queen Anne
Building history:
Built by William and Mary Heiser and was the home of their daughter, Laura, and her husband, Spencer Trask, until 1947.

In 1943, two Episcopalian nuns, Sr. Pattie Ellis and Sr. Gwendolyn Morgan, founded the Community of the Way of the Cross; in 1947, they purchased the Heiser home, calling it the St. David House It was painted white, maroon, and dark green and contained a chapel in the main room on the first floor.

In 1991, Richard and Karen Penfold restored the building to its 1903 design.






Queen Anne feature: differing wall textures, including Medina sandstone and patterned wood shingles



Palladian window in attic gable.



Note leaded windows and shoulders in window surrounds



Queen Anne brackets and fluted Tuscan column



Front entrance






Barn donated to the nuns (see history of building above)
















Donated barn ... Cottage built by nuns for the visiting priest






Board and batten siding



Board and batten siding in gable ... Concrete blocks







Special thanks to Baer & Associates partner Kevin Mahoney for his assistance in 2013.

Photos and their arrangement © 2013 Chuck LaChiusa
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