121 Chapin Pkwy

Exterior Photos - Schoellkopf-Vom Berge House
121 Chapin Parkway, Buffalo, NY

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ca. 1912 . 2 1⁄2-story side gable masonry building with Flemish Renaissance styling; ashlar stone foundation, brick siding, slate roof. Features side rounded entry portico with stone columns and wrought iron balustrade. Front facade features partial width, uncovered stone sitting porch, accessed by double multi light door, balconette above. Windows typically 1/1 wood sash double hung with stone window openings. Stone detailing. Contains contributing 2 1⁄2 story brick secondary building (carriage house, now garage). - National Register of Historic places Nomination: Elmwood Historic District East

October 2023 Photos "... initially part of the Granger farmland and estate . . . in the late 1800s the property along Chapin became the Augusta C. Graves Estate . . . The Pan-American Exposition, which opened just north of this home in 1901, attracted visitors from around the world. At the construction of the exposition, and in conjunction with Buffalo's growing economic strength and population expansion, there was a high demand for residences. Many larger estates were divided down to allow for construction of stately homes, built on smaller pieces of property along the city's more distinguished Frederick Law Olmsted's Parkways including Chapin, Bidwell Lincoln, Richmond, Porter, Red Jacket and McKinley." - The Schoellkopf -Vom Berge Manor, by Julie Robinson Hazzan, Show house Historian Facade Architects: Esenwein & Johnson Flemish Renaissance style Facade details below: Facade Slate roofed and sided dormers Dormers are reminiscent of Flemish gables, although Flemish gables are scalloped or stepped Metal horizontal snow guards Facade Stone Gibbs surround on windows Facade Partial width, uncovered stone sitting porch, accessed by double multi light door Balconette, detailed below: Facade Wrought iron balconette Facade Trefoil motif on wrought iron North elevation portico and main entrance Detail below: North elevation Slate roof atop dentil molding and frieze featuring triglyphs and guttae Tuscan stone (Indiana limestone?) columns Wrought iron balustrade Note south elevation at right of the house, detailed below: South elevation Chimney features quoins, vertical sawtooth pattern with foliated corbels Windows feature stone Gibbs surround Water table Ashlar stone foundation Running bond brick pattern South elevation Chimney features quoins, vertical sawtooth pattern with foliated corbels South elevation Vertical sawtooth pattern Foliated corbels South elevation Running bond brick pattern

2001 photo Carriage house

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Special thanks to Patty O'Brien of the Junior League for her cooperation and patience in 2001