Central Park United Methodist Church - Table of Contents
Central
Park - Table of Contents
Interior - Central Park
United Methodist Church
216 Beard Avenue, Buffalo New York
Architect: |
Charles W. Bolton
& Son Other Bolton church: Trinity ME Church on Masten at Northland |
Construction: |
1921-1923 |
Building
material: |
Onondaga
limestone (exterior only) Indiana limestone from the Hunter Valley Stone Company, Bloomington |
Stained
glass Studios: |
Montague Castle-London Co., NY
City |
Style: |
Perpendicular
English Gothic |
Land
donation: |
Lewis
J. Bennett. |
Other
Central Park sites on Buffalo
Architecture and History: |
Parkside,
Central Park, and North Park |
2014
photos Chancel ![]() Chancel Nave pews and aisles ![]() Chancel Compound pointed Gothic arch ![]() Chancel Stained glass windows ![]() Chancel Center window Two details below: ![]() PX ![]() ![]() Chancel Oak reredos Cinquefoils |
Transepts![]() Chapel on other side of transept windowed doors ... Nave at right ![]() Transept features oak traceried doors leading to chapel and stained glass ![]() Opposite transept features geometric stained glass and 4 manual, 70-stop organ built by the Skinner Organ Co. of Boston with John A. Bell as consultant. ![]() Transept Stained glass panels are like the ones in the nave aisles illustrated below: |
Nave
and Back of the Church![]() Nave and back of church Church seats about 1300. ![]() Nave clerestory windows Stained glass windows in the arcade ![]() Nave wooden Gothic paneled ceiling: Diagonal rafters Horizontal purlins Curved arch braces ![]() Nave stained glass clerestory windows Stained glass windows in the arcade ![]() Balcony and nave entrance from narthex ![]() Balcony parapet features oak trefoil blind arches ![]() Tudor Gothic arch ![]() Nave entrance from narthex ![]() Traceried cinquefoil arches Leaded glass windows |
Arcade
Stained Glass Windows![]() Bay: Nave clerestory window and stained glass windows in arcad ![]() Pendant finial in spandrel ![]() Stenciled grisaille stained glass window includes colored quarries Six details below: ![]() Detail: Stenciled grisaille stained glass window includes colored quarries. ![]() ![]() Detail: Stenciled grisaille stained glass window includes colored quarries. ![]() Stenciled grisaille stained glass window panel ... Two details below: ![]() Detail: Stenciled grisaille stained glass window ![]() Detail: Stenciled grisaille stained glass window |
Baptismal
Font![]() ![]() Panels feature foliated quatrefoils ![]() Carved stone corbels |