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
Central
Park United Methodist Church - Official Website
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 Architect's Drawing 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 arcade 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 |
1923
Baptismal Font Panels feature foliated quatrefoils Carved stone corbels |
October 8, 2023 Photos - Details below: Cross bottony finial Mouchettes, trefoils and quatrefoils Crockets Mosaics Blue quatrefoils Green trefoils Marble Mosaics |