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  104 Chapin Parkway
Buffalo, NY

The home of funk star Rick James, perhaps best known for his 1981 dance hit "Super Freak."  This was also the address of his Mary Jane Productions.  See also Forest Lawn Cemetery photo below.

October 2023 Photos

ca. 1916

2 1⁄2-story cross gable  Tudor  brick house. Brick foundation, Flemish bond brick building, slate roof.

Recessed entry with Tudor arch surround. Paired and single leaded  multi-light windows;    1st story fixed with transoms and iron balconettes, double hung elsewhere. Stone hoods, surrounds and sills.       2nd story side projecting box bay with large brace supports.

Polygonal turret dormer. Parapeted gables.

        - Elmwood Historic District (EAST) National Register of Historic Places Nomination  pp.89- 90




2 1⁄2-story cross gable  Tudor  brick house                  Polygonal turret dormer, detailed below:


Slate roof                    Snow guards                       Polygonal turret dormer



Flemish bond brick pattern                       2nd story windows with stone label molding and stops and Gibbs surround              12 over 12 leaded lights            Top of an iron balconette, detailed below:


Wrought iron balconette with C and S scrolls     




1st story windows with stone label molding and stops and Gibbs surround                   Leaded   lights




South and east elevations                 Note the side entry



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Polygonal turret dormer,                    2nd story side projecting box bay with large brace supports                Main entry         Details below:



Slate roof              Stone window lintel and  surround                      Tie rod anchor(?)                     Flemish brick bond                     Conductor box




Slate roof              Snow guards            2nd story side projecting box bay with large brace supports.                          Flemish brick bond 
                      


Main entry with ogee (Venetian) arch and Gibbs surround                  Detail below:


Main entry with stone ogee (Venetian) arch and Gibbs surround
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Rick James Headstone in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY



Photos and their arrangement © 2023 Chuck LaChiusa

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