Buffalo Seminary - Table of Contents
Exterior - Buffalo Seminary
205 Bidwell Parkway, Buffalo, NY
Completed: |
1909 |
Architect: |
George F. Newton |
Style: |
Jacobean Revival / Tudor
Revival / Collegiate Gothic |
![]() Buffalo Female Academy founded 1851 ... Renamed Buffalo Seminary in 1889 ![]() ![]() Drawing by architect George E. Newton ... School opened in 1909 ![]() |
Facade - North Elevation - Bidwell Parkway Photos taken between 2004-2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Terra cotta ornamentation, including C scroll buttresses ![]() Terra cotta finial ![]() Terra cotta trefoil motif ![]() ![]() Terra cotta compound arch and stylized faces ![]() Bas-relief faces ![]() ![]() ![]() Terra cotta ![]() ![]() ![]() Capital detail below: ![]() Cast iron Ionic capital ![]() Pier buttresses - a typical Gothic style feature ![]() Window tracery ![]() Crenelated 1-story wing ![]() Detail below: ![]() Terra cotta trefoil motif |
South elevation - Potomac Avenue![]() Six bays ![]() Finial on dome ... Terra cotta blind battlement ![]() Terra cotta compound arch with label stops ... Five trefoils ... Indiana(?) limestone ![]() Terra cotta compound arch with foliate ornaments ![]() Terra cotta: Hoodmold with label stops ... Gibbs surround ![]() Note diamond pattern brick work (detailed below:) ![]() |